TY - JOUR
T1 - Dissemination of Information on Neutropenic Diet by Top US Cancer Centers
T2 - In-line with the Evidence?
AU - Brown, Timothy J.
AU - Mukhija, Dhruvika
AU - Premnath, Naveen
AU - Venkatraman, Anand
AU - Jiv Singh Nagpal, Sajan
AU - Gupta, Arjun
PY - 2019/11/17
Y1 - 2019/11/17
N2 - Aim: The neutropenic diet is commonly prescribed to cancer patients with neutropenia with the goal of reducing infections. However, multiple randomized trials have proved no benefit with neutropenic diets compared to less restricted diets with regards to reducing infectious risk. We aimed to ascertain if top cancer centers recommended for or against the use of neutropenic diets on their official websites. Methods: We reviewed the websites of the top 20 hospitals in the 2017 US News Best Hospitals for Cancer
AB - Aim: The neutropenic diet is commonly prescribed to cancer patients with neutropenia with the goal of reducing infections. However, multiple randomized trials have proved no benefit with neutropenic diets compared to less restricted diets with regards to reducing infectious risk. We aimed to ascertain if top cancer centers recommended for or against the use of neutropenic diets on their official websites. Methods: We reviewed the websites of the top 20 hospitals in the 2017 US News Best Hospitals for Cancer
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U2 - 10.1080/01635581.2019.1606262
DO - 10.1080/01635581.2019.1606262
M3 - Article
C2 - 31045449
AN - SCOPUS:85065420184
SN - 0163-5581
VL - 71
SP - 1272
EP - 1275
JO - Nutrition and Cancer
JF - Nutrition and Cancer
IS - 8
ER -