ONC: Major Recommendations (2007)
Recommendations
Recommendations are categorized in terms of either conditional or imperative statements. While conditional statements clearly define a specific situation, imperative statements are broadly applicable to the target population and do not impose restraints on their application.
Conditional recommendations are presented in an if/then format, such that:
If CONDITION then ACTION(S) because REASON(S)
Fulfillment of the condition triggers one or more guideline-specified actions. In contrast, imperative recommendations include terms such as “require, ” “must, ” and “should, ” and do not contain conditional text that would limit their applicability to specified circumstances.
Resources Available with Each Recommendation
In addition to the recommendation statement and strength rating, you will find on each recommendation page:
- A brief narrative summary of the evidence analyzed to reach the recommendation
- A statement of justification, or reason for the strength of the recommendation
- Detailed information on the evidence supporting the recommendations and background narrative (available in the Supporting Evidence section toward the bottom of each recommendation page)
- A reference list at the end of each recommendation page that includes all the sources used in the evidence analysis for the particular recommendation (each reference is hyperlinked to a summary of the article analyzed in the evidence analysis).
Below you will find a list of the Oncology and Nutrition Recommendations organized by Type of Cancer and type of treatment for the type of cancer. To see the Recommendation Summary, just click on the Recommendation title. Also view the Executive Summary of Recommendations or print the guideline in PDF format.
Oncology (ONC) Major Recommendations
Breast Cancer
Chemotherapy
- ONC-Breast cancer: Determination of resting energy expenditure
- Onc-Breast cancer: Use of arginine oral supplement
Auto-Hematopoietic cell transplant
- ONC-Breast cancer: Use of parenteral nutrition
Radiation
- ONC-Breast cancer: Use of antioxidant vitamin E oral supplement
Colorectal Cancer
Radiation
- ONC-Colorectal cancer: Medical nutrition therapy
Esophageal Cancer
Chemoradiation
- ONC-Esophageal cancer: Medical nutrition therapy
- ONC-Esophageal cancer: Use of enteral nutrition
- ONC-Esophageal cancer: Use of parenteral nutrition
Head and Neck Cancer
Radiation
- ONC-Head and neck cancer: Determination of resting energy expenditure
- ONC-Head and neck cancer: Determination of protein needs
- ONC-Head and neck cancer: Use of medical food supplement
- ONC-Head and neck cancer: Medical nutrition therapy
- ONC-Head and neck cancer: Use of enteral nutrition
- ONC-Head and neck cancer: Use of honey
- ONC-Head and neck cancer: Use of antioxidant vitamin E oral supplement
Surgery
- ONC-Head and neck cancer: Use of arginine-enhanced medical food supplement or enteral nutrition
- ONC-Head and neck cancer: Use of EPA-enhanced medical food supplement
Hematological Malignancies
Chemotherapy
- ONC-Hematological malignancies: Medical nutrition therapy
Hematopoietic cell transplant
- ONC-Hematological malignancies: Determination of calorie needs
- ONC-Hematological malignancies: Determination of protein needs
- ONC-Hematological malignancies: Use of oral glutamine
- ONC-Hematological malignancies: Use of parenteral nutrition
Lung Cancer
Chemotherapy
- ONC-Lung cancer: Determination of resting energy expenditure
- ONC-Lung cancer: Use of antioxidant vitamins C, E and beta-carotene oral supplements
- ONC-Lung cancer: Medical nutrition therapy
Pancreatic Cancer
- ONC-Pancreatic cancer: Use of omega-3 fatty acid-enhanced medical food supplement or oral supplement