Cancer – the impact of diet

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Nutrition in the treatment, management and prevention of disease, On-Demand Webinars

£14.99

Cancer risk, treatment, and survivorship are all impacted by our diet. Following a brief introduction to cancer, including the hallmarks of cancer, you will describe the evidence for the effects of diet (including both foods and nutrients) on the risk of cancer; nutrition and lifestyle recommendations during treatment, and how diet may impact survivorship. During this webinar, a summary of the evidence and findings from recent studies will be presented for each of these three topics, and colorectal cancer will be used as a case study. Potential underlying mechanisms linking diet and cancer will also be presented, as well as the main evidence base for diet and cancer, and the research gaps.

The speakers will then come together to discuss their areas of research, and field your questions during a round table discussion.

What will I gain from this webinar?

Be able to describe the evidence for diet, and critically discuss the strength of the evidence, in modulating the risk of developing cancer, including potential underlying mechanisms
Be able to describe the typical dietetic interventions used in oncology settings, and appraise the evidence for simple and multimodal interventions to prevent cachexia
Understand the limitations of the evidence around nutrition in cancer survivorship, the reasons for this and the challenges of supporting patients following completion of treatment.

Endorsement No EN175.82

Course Features

Lecture 1
Quiz 0
Duration Lifetime access
Skill level All levels
Language English
Students 205
Certificate Yes
Assessments Yes

Dr Fiona Malcomson

Professor Bernard Corfe

Professor Bernard Corfe , Bernard Corfe is Professor of Human Nutrition and Health at University of Newcastle. His early career was in gene regulation in bacteria and in cancer cells, before moving into nutrition mid-career investigating the molecular nutrition of short-chain fatty acids in colon cancer prevention. Professor Corfe's longstanding research interests are in gut health and his approaches are multidisciplinary. Professor Corfe was previously Theme Lead for Cellular and Molecular Nutrition from 2011-2018 and was elected to Honorary Programmes Officer in 2017. He also works closely with the NTSA to deliver training including critical appraisal through the NS Journal Club. Professor Bruce Griffin ,Professor Griffin is a biomedical scientist with expertise in lipid metabolism, nutritional biochemistry and cardiovascular disease. After his BSc in medical laboratory science (1984), he gained his PhD on the effects of exercise & diet on human plasma lipoproteins at the University of Aberdeen(1988), and undertook postdoctoral researchin Pathological Biochemistry at Glasgow Royal Infirmary until 1994. Since then, he has held academic posts as a Lecturer, Senior lecturer, Reader and Professor of Nutritional Metabolism at the University of Surrey. Professor Griffin is a teacher of undergraduate dietitians, biochemists & medical students, and postgraduates in clinical biochemistry and nutritional medicine, and an active researcher in human nutrition in relation to cardiovascular health. He has published widely on the topics of lipids, dietary fat and cardiovascular risk, and has received grants for his research from the Medical Research Council, British Heart Foundation, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Food Standards Agency and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.