To enable clients and their carers to optimise their plant-based diet and nutritional status, and understand how to adapt their plant-based diet to cope with a range of side effects associated with their cancer or treatment.

The TG will:

• understand how to optimise their plant-based diet to ensure it is nutritionally complete, with specific consideration given to certain macro/micronutrients
• understand how to adjust their plant-based diet to cope with a range of side effects associated with their cancer or treatment (small appetite, taste changes, nausea, sore mouth or throat).

• ESPEN guidelines on nutrition in cancer patients (2016).
• ESPEN expert group recommendations for action against cancer-related malnutrition (2017).
• WCRF Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer: a Global Perspective Report (2018).
• ESPEN practical guidelines: clinical nutrition in cancer (2021).
• Vegan Eatwell Guide (2020).
• SACN Iron and Health Report (2010).
• SACN Vitamin D and Health Report (2016).
• Principles and guidance for prehabilitation within the management and support of people with cancer. National Institute for Health Research, Royal College of Anesthetists and MacMillian Cancer Support (2020).
• The Role of the Anabolic Properties of Plant- versus Animal-Based Protein Sources in Supporting Muscle Mass Maintenance: A Critical Review. Berrazaga et al. Nutrients 2019, 11, 1825.
• Lonnie et al (2018). Protein for Life: Review of Optimal Protein Intake, Sustainable Dietary Sources and the Effect on Appetite in Ageing Adults. Nutrients, 10, 360.
• Mariotti et al (2019). Dietary Protein and Amino Acids in Vegetarian Diets—A Review. Nutrients, 11, 2661.
• Molina-Montes et al (2020). The Impact of Plant-Based Dietary Patterns on Cancer-Related Outcomes: A Rapid Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients 12, 2010.
• Mattila et al (2018). Nutritional Value of Commercial Protein-Rich Plant Products. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition 73:108–115. 
• Gorissen et al (2018). Protein content and amino acid composition of commercially available plant-based protein isolates. Amino Acids; volume 50, pages1685–1695.
• McCance and Widdowson's composition of foods integrated dataset (2019).
• Cancer Cachexia in Adult Patients: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines (2021).
• Dunne R.F. et al. Cachexia and sarcopenia in older adults with cancer: a comprehensive review. Cancers 2019, 11(12), 1861.
• Cao A. et al. Effect of exercise on sarcopenia among cancer survivors: a systematic review. Cancers 2022, 14 (3), 786.
• Supriya R. et al. Effect of exercise on secondary sarcopenia: a comprehensive literature review. Biology (Basel). 2021 Dec 30;11(1):51.
• Curtis A.R. et al. Associations between dietary patterns and malnutrition, low muscle mass and sarcopenia in adults with cancer: a scoping review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(3), 1769.
• Pimentel G.D. et al. High protein diet improves the overall survival in older adults with advanced gastrointestinal cancer. Clin Nutr, 40 (3) (2021), pp. 1376-1380.
• Arends J. Energy and protein intake may have an impact on survival in patients with advanced cancer. Clinical Nutrition, Volume 41, Issue 1, 2022, Pages 266-267.
• Exercise for cancer cachexia in adults. Cochrane Review (2021).
• Cancer-related fatigue: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment (2020).
• Joseph P.V. et al. Fatigue, Stress, and Functional Status are Associated With Taste Changes in Oncology Patients Receiving Chemotherapy. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Volume 62, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 373-382.e2.
• Milliron B-J. et al. Eating Becomes Torturous: Understanding Nutrition-Related Cancer Treatment Side Effects among Individuals with Cancer and Their Caregivers. Nutrients, 2022, 14, 356.
• Epstein J.B. et al. Oral examination findings, taste and smell testing during and following head and neck cancer therapy. Support Care Cancer, 2020, 28, 4305–4311.
• Nolden A. et al. Co-occurring Gastrointestinal Symptoms Are Associated with Taste Changes in Oncology Patients Receiving Chemotherapy. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Volume 58, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 756-765.