Kate Furness: Evidence-based Nutritional Care for People Living with Cancer Cachexia
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Kate Furness: Evidence-based Nutritional Care for People Living with Cancer Cachexia

Kate Furness, Senior Lecturer at La Trobe University, Managing Editor, Clinical Nutrition at ESPEN – European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, shared a post on LinkedIn:

“Honoured to have co-chaired a MASCC/ESPEN/JASCC Joint Session with Professor Nicole Kiss focusing on evidence-based nutritional care for people living with cancer cachexia.

Our session, “Evidence-Based Nutritional Interventions for Cancer Cachexia Across Diverse and Resource-Limited Settings,” brought together an outstanding panel of international experts:

  • Dr Brenton Baguley – Right Care, Right Place: Remotely Delivered Evidence-Based Nutrition and Exercise Support for Men with Prostate Cancer
  • Dr Diana Cárdenas – Clinical Nutrition in Oncology in Resource-Limited Settings
  • Dr Junko Ueshima – Cancer Cachexia Care in Japan: Asian-Oriented Diagnostic Standards and Universal Access to Nutritional Support
  • Dr Aleksandra Kapala – Evidence-Based Nutritional Interventions for Cancer Cachexia in Resource-Limited Settings

It was a privilege to facilitate discussions on delivering accessible, culturally sensitive, and evidence-based nutritional care across diverse healthcare settings. Thank you to all the speakers for sharing their expertise and to everyone who attended and contributed to the discussion.”