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Cancer and nutrition

By Jennifer O'Hara • June 17, 2020
Ingredients for a healthy vegetable salad with lettuce, chickpeas and avocados

Cancer and nutrition
June 17, 2020

When it comes to fighting cancer or living with a cancer diagnosis, does what you eat make a difference? Nutrition is an important thing to consider for people with cancer. Eating healthy foods before, during, and after treatment can help patients feel better and stay stronger. 

On the Mayo Clinic Q&A, Dr. John Shin, a hematologist and oncologist, discusses nutrition and cancer.

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