MNVO091c Nutrition in oncology

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. MUDr. Miroslav Tomíška, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. MUDr. Miroslav Tomíška, CSc.
Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology – Joint workplaces with the University Hospital Brno - workplaces of the Bohunice and Mater. Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: MVDr. Halina Matějová
Supplier department: Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Mon 19. 9. to Sun 6. 11. Wed 15:00–17:00 A21/108, Mon 7. 11. to Fri 23. 12. Wed 14:00–16:00 A21/108
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is provide basic information for non-physicians on the most common forms of malignant disease in relation to nutritional therapy. He will be able to use information about nutrition therapy. Student will be able to work in a multidisciplinary team of basic concepts of interaction of nutrition and carcinogenesis in patient education and prevention of cancer.
Syllabus
  • Cancer and its treatment, basic concepts. Remission, relapse, progression. Treatment with curative, symptomatic palliative. Examination methods in oncology. Biopsy, ultrasound, CT, MRI, PET, tumor markers. Laboratory examination, normal and pathological examination of basic values. Laboratory tests of nutritional parameters. The most common types of cancer. The prognosis of cancer. Statistics results of cancer treatment. Surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Biological treatment. Side effects of cancer treatment. Nausea and vomiting following cancer chemotherapy. Diarrhea after chemotherapy. Gastrointestinal mucositis. Myelosuppression after chemotherapy. Infectious complications of cancer patients. Psychological factors of cancer. Advanced cancer. Cancer cachexia Nutritional support in cancer anorexia and cachexia Nutritional problems   various stages of cancer. Nutritional support during chemotherapy and radoterapii. Nutritional support in advanced neoplastic disease. Nutrition in palliative care. Nutritional support in the perioperative period.
Literature
  • URBÁNEK, Libor, Pavla URBÁNKOVÁ and Jaroslava MARKOVÁ. Klinická výživa v současné praxi (Clinical nutrition in current use). druhé. Brno: Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, 2010, 97 pp. ISBN 978-80-7013-525-9. info
  • ZADÁK, Zdeněk. Výživa v intenzivní péči. 2. rozš. a aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2009, 542 s. ISBN 9788024728445. info
  • GROFOVÁ, Zuzana. Nutriční podpora : praktický rádce pro sestry. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2007, 237 s. ISBN 9788024718682. info
  • Nutritional oncology. Edited by David Heber. 2nd ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier-Academic Press, 2006, xxiv, 822. ISBN 0120883937. info
  • WILHELM, Zdeněk. Výživa v onkologii. 2. přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Brno: Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, 2004, 259 s. ISBN 8070134100. info
  • MUSIL, Dalibor. Klinická výživa a intenzivní metabolická péče. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2002, 109 s. ISBN 8024405660. info
Teaching methods
exercises, seminars
Assessment methods
written test, credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, autumn 2018, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2023, autumn 2024.
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