Summary: Although there is a general consensus that nutrition support can be useful in the treatment of perioperative cancer patients, questions continue to exist about who should receive feedings as well as what feedings are preferred and when they should be provided. In this podcast, Dr Huhmann and Dr August suggest how to identify cancer patients who may benefit from perioperative nutrition. The authors also summarize barriers that may need to be overcome in order to successfully provide nutrition support to these patients. In addition, they discuss how special immune enhancing formulas may be used for oral and enteral supplementation in the perioperative cancer population.
