Newly diagnosed and trying to make sense of it. In active treatment and managing side effects. Or finished treatment and wondering what to eat now. Care is individualized to your diagnosis, treatment plan, symptoms, labs, and food preferences — with deep experience across solid and hematologic cancers.
The goals of nutrition care shift over time. Each phase has its own priorities.
The window between diagnosis and the start of treatment is the most valuable time to optimize nutrition. Care during this phase typically focuses on:
Chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, or stem cell transplant. The work is symptom-specific and updated cycle by cycle:
After active treatment ends, nutrition priorities change. The focus shifts to long-term health, rebuilding, and reducing recurrence risk where evidence supports it:
Care is provided for adults with any cancer diagnosis. Particular clinical depth in the following:
Esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, hepatobiliary, colorectal, anal, and post-surgical recovery (gastrectomy, Whipple, esophagectomy, colectomy). These often need significant adjustment in eating mechanics, macronutrient distribution, and supplementation.
Radiation and surgery to the head and neck typically affect chewing, swallowing, saliva, and appetite. Nutrition support — including tube feeding when needed — is often essential to maintaining treatment.
Leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma. Care includes neutropenic considerations, stem cell transplant nutrition, steroid-related weight and glucose changes, and long-term survivorship needs.
Treatment-related weight change, hormonal therapy effects, GI side effects from pelvic radiation, and survivorship eating patterns aligned with the most current oncology nutrition evidence.
A brief call to confirm fit, discuss your diagnosis and goals, verify insurance, and recommend the right package or session type. No obligation.
A thorough intake: diagnosis, treatment plan, surgical history, medications and supplements, labs, weight history, symptoms, food preferences, culture, and goals. You leave with an initial plan and next steps.
Plans are adjusted as your treatment, side effects, labs, and goals evolve. Messaging between sessions is available for time-sensitive questions in package plans.
With your written consent, communication with your oncologist, surgeon, infusion nurse, or home health team is part of the standard of care.
As soon as possible. Early nutrition optimization before and during treatment is associated with better treatment tolerance, fewer treatment interruptions, faster recovery, and improved muscle preservation. Starting early also makes weight, lab, and symptom changes easier to address before they become harder problems.
Common side effects that respond to nutrition strategies include nausea, vomiting, taste and smell changes, dry mouth, mucositis and mouth sores, swallowing difficulty, early satiety, diarrhea, constipation, fatigue, neuropathy-related eating issues, unintentional weight loss, and muscle loss (sarcopenia). Plans are individualized to your treatment, diagnosis, and symptom pattern.
No. There is no single cancer diet that fits every diagnosis and every phase. Nutrition needs differ depending on cancer type, stage, treatment plan, side effects, comorbidities, weight history, and personal and cultural food preferences. The plan you receive is built around your situation, not a template.
Some supplements can interact with chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy, and surgical recovery. Supplement review is part of the standard intake. Recommendations are individualized and coordinated with your oncology team when appropriate.
For TPN, tube feeding (G-tube, J-tube), ostomies, short bowel, and post-surgical recovery, see the nutrition support page.