Nutritional status can be adversely affected by the disease process, including the symptoms and side effects of cancer and its treatment. The nutritional professional works with patients, families and/or caregivers, physicians, and other members of the oncology multidisciplinary team to help maintain optimal nutritional status throughout the continuum of care (prevention, treatment, survivorship, palliative care, and hospice).
Halifax Health - Cancer Center for Hope registered oncology dietician provides nutritional screenings on a majority of cancer patients in the program, providing ninety percent of those patients with specific interventions and education throughout their cancer journey.