This article summarizes the current status and future prospects of nutrition in cancer prevention and management. The causes and pathogenesis of cancer and cancer cachexia are discussed, and the role of diet and nutrition in cancer etiology, treatment, and prevention are addressed. Informatics, genomics, nutriceuticals, cancer chemoprevention, and behavioral research are identified as areas of research that must be pursued if advances in cancer nutrition are to be realized.
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