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Publication Date: 11 February 2021
Publication Date: 11 February 2021
In this video, Michael Bastasch, MD, Martin Chasen, MBChB, FCP, Alessandro Laviano, MD, Carla Prado, PhD, RD, and Şuayib Yalçın, MD, discuss the impact of malnutrition, cachexia and low muscle mass on outcomes in patients with cancer, as well as methods of assessing body composition in this population.
Medical Director
University of Texas Health/East Texas Cancer Institute
Athens, Texas, USA
Dr Michael D Bastasch is the medical director and a radiation oncologist at the University of Texas Health/East Texas Cancer Institute in Athens, Texas, US. He received his medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City, Kansas, US. He completed his residency in radiation oncology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr Bastasch provides oversight and management for radiation oncology services in the treatment of approximately 170 adult patients each year. He practices community-based patient care for a large diverse population of patients, including pediatric, adult, geriatric, and mentally ill patients, and is results and outcome oriented. Dr Bastasch initiated the high dose rate program for gynecologic, breast, and prone breast technique. He has authored/coauthored many articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences.
Associate Professor Department of Medicine
University of Toronto Medical Director
Palliative Care, William Osler Health System Brampton and Etobicoke
Ontario, Canada
Dr Martin R Chasen is an associate clinical professor in the Departments of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine at University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, and the medical director of palliative care at William Osler Health System in Brampton and Etobicoke, Ontario. He obtained a specialist degree in internal medicine, medical oncology and Palliative care from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He currently holds professorships at the Universities of Toronto, McMaster, Ottawa, and McGill in Canada. Dr Chasen was the medical lead for both Ottawa and Brampton, Ontario, when these sites received European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) accreditation as a designated site for integrated oncology and palliative care. He is the national principal investigator on a CIHR grant, The MENAC trail Multimodal Intervention for Cachexia in Advanced Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy. Dr Chasen has authored/coauthored more than 110 peer-reviewed publications, abstracts, and book chapters.
Professeur agrégé de médecine interne
Département de médecine translationnelle et de médecine de précision
Université Sapienza de Rome
Rome, Italie
Le Dr Alessandro Laviano est professeur agrégé de médecine interne au département de médecine translationnelle et de médecine de précision de l’Université Sapienza de Rome, en Italie. Détenant un diplôme de médecine de cette même université, le Dr Laviano a ensuite fait des études de spécialisation en nutrition et métabolisme au State University of New York Health Science Center, à Syracuse, aux États-Unis. Ses intérêts portent sur la régulation des comportements alimentaires chez les personnes saines et les personnes malades, l’anorexie-cachexie associée à la maladie, les dérangements métaboliques durant la maladie, en particulier le cancer, l’hyperphagie et l’obésité, la malnutrition liée à l’hospitalisation, les conséquences cliniques de la malnutrition et l’alimentation artificielle. Le Dr Laviano est l’auteur/co-auteur de plus de 220 articles publiés dans des revues révisées par des pairs, de plus de 50 chapitres de livres et de plus de 200 résumés présentés lors de conférences nationales et internationales.
Professor and Campus Alberta Innovate Program (CAIP) Chair in Nutrition, Food and Health
Director, Human Nutrition Research Unit, Division of Human Nutrition
Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Dr Carla Prado is a professor at the University of Alberta in Canada and a Campus Alberta Innovate Program (CAIP) chair in Nutrition, Food and Health. She is also the director of the Human Nutrition Research Unit. Dr Prado received her PhD in human nutrition and metabolism from the University of Alberta, Canada, and is a registered dietitian in both Canada and Brazil. Dr Prado is an expert in assessing nutritional status through the precise measurement of body composition and energy metabolism. The focus of her current research program is to develop targeted nutrition interventions for the prevention and treatment of low muscle mass in patients with diverse conditions. She is currently the principal investigator for four randomized controlled trials investigating the impact of nutrition intervention on body composition and health. She is currently a member of the GLIM Body Composition Working Group, and the Sarcopenic Obesity Consensus Group (ESPEN/EASO). She is an Associate Editor of Clinical Nutrition and the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle.
Professor
Department of Medical Oncology
Hacettepe University Cancer Institute
Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey
Dr Şuayib Yalçın is a professor in the Department of Medical Oncology at the Hacettepe University Cancer Institute in Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. He received his medical degree from the Hacettepe University School of Medicine and completed his residency in internal medicine there as well. Dr Yalçın’s primary research interests are gastrointestinal oncology, including neuroendocrine tumors and gastrointestinal stromal tumors; supportive care, including pain, nutrition, and emesis. He has participated in many international multicenter clinical trials resulting in practice changes in oncology diagnosis and management. He has authored/coauthored more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is the editor of Textbook of Gastrointestinal Oncology and also the editor of Neuroendocrine Tumours: Diagnosis and Management which is being prepared for the second edition.
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