Saleh Gulsen, Ahmed Aliaa, Hassanain Omneya, Emad Aya, Essameldin Samer, Ragai Marianne, Saad Yasmin
Clinical Nutrition Department, 57357 Cancer Children Hospital of Egypt (CCHE), Cairo, Egypt.
Public Health Department, National Nutrition Institute (NNI), Cairo, Egypt.
Nutr Cancer. 2022;74(2):450-462. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2021.1931363. Epub 2021 Jun 3.
Cancer is making patients vulnerable to diseases by impairing immunity directly or by anticancer therapy. In COVID-19 era, it is mandatory to face cancer with more organized & prompter response. Nutrition plays an important role in prevention & management of cancer patients. The objective of this study is to understand the role of nutrition in cancer patients during Corvid 19 era. We conducted literature searches till May 2020, electronic databases, evidence-based collections, relevant websites and trial registries about SARS-CoV2/COVID-19 and nutrition in cancer patients. Search generated 836 sources; 83/836 sources were relevant. This review summarized role of nutrition in predisposition, prevention and management of COVID-19 in cancer patient and role of vitamins, mineral supplements and microbiota in era of COVID-19. In this review, implementing appropriate nutritional care with vitamins or mineral supplementation & their effect on outcome remain largely unknown. COVID co-infection with cancer whether under chemotherapy or not have worse outcome especially in male adults. Findings may help in creating recommendations on nutritional protocol of management & prevention of complications during ongoing COVID-19 pandemic for all cancer patients.
癌症正通过直接损害免疫力或抗癌治疗使患者易患疾病。在新冠疫情时代，必须以更有组织、更迅速的应对措施来应对癌症。营养在癌症患者的预防和管理中起着重要作用。本研究的目的是了解在新冠疫情时代营养在癌症患者中的作用。我们进行了文献检索，截至2020年5月，检索了电子数据库、循证文献集、相关网站以及关于严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2/新冠病毒和癌症患者营养的试验注册库。检索共产生836个来源；其中83个来源相关。本综述总结了营养在癌症患者感染新冠病毒的易感性、预防和管理中的作用，以及维生素、矿物质补充剂和微生物群在新冠疫情时代的作用。在本综述中，实施适当的营养护理，补充维生素或矿物质及其对结果的影响在很大程度上仍不明确。无论是否接受化疗，新冠病毒与癌症的合并感染都会导致更差的结果，尤其是在成年男性中。研究结果可能有助于为所有癌症患者在当前新冠疫情大流行期间制定营养管理方案和预防并发症的建议。
