The CanEAT pathway for people with cancer & their carers

3 in 5 people with cancer will have a nutrition related issue. Good nutrition is important, especially when you have cancer. Have you felt so nauseous you couldn’t eat? Want help with fatigue or managing your weight? We’ve got the answers for you! Nutrition needs vary with cancer type, treatment, and time-point in the cancer path.

Find the full pathway here:

PEOPLE WITH CANCER AND THEIR CARERS ANIMATION

GENERAL INFORMATION

Utilise these resources to 'get started' on your nutrition and cancer path:

• Nutrition and cancer postcard
• Nutrition and cancer infographic factsheet

CANCER TYPE FACTSHEETS

Nutrition and cancer needs can vary between different cancer types. These resources will help you understand what you need to know and what you can expect for your individual cancer types/s:

• Breast
• Genitourinary
• Gynaecological
• Haematology (blood cancer)
• Head & neck
• Lower gastrointestinal
• Lung
• Neurological
• Sarcoma (bone cancer)
• Skin (Melanoma)
• Unknown primary
• Upper gastrointestinal

DOCUMENT TOOLKIT

• Finding a dietitian factsheet
  – how to access appropriate nutrition services
• Managing weight factsheet
  – information on how to best manage unintentional weight gain from treatment side effects
• Myth busting factsheet
  – how do you tell fact from fiction? 12 nutrition and cancer myths busted
• Nutrition step 1
  – preparing for treatment factsheet
• Nutrition step 2
  – during treatment factsheet
• Nutrition step 3
  – immediately after treatment factsheet
• Nutrition step 4
  – long-term survivorship, including living with advanced cancer factsheet
• Nutrition step 5
  – end-of-life care factsheet
• Nutrition prescription
  – form completed by your dietitian with you to provide clear advice and recommendations for your ongoing nutrition care

NUTRITION TRANSITIONS PACKAGE

• Nutrition transitions factsheet
  – tips for achieving a healthy balanced diet after completing your initial cancer treatment
• Part A – what is a nutrition transition? Take the quiz to check you are ready to transition from ‘on-treatment’ eating to healthy eating after treatment eating. You can view the
  presentation with audio commentary
   or,
  presentation without audio
• Part B – 10 practical tips to help you with healthy eating. You can view this presentation
  with audio commentary
   or, the
  presentation without audio

Please note. all resources above are subject to change as they are currently undergoing testing.

iCanEAT PROJECT: CONSUMER POST-IMPLEMENTATION SURVEY

If you have been directed by your health professional to complete a survey as part of the iCanEAT project, please do so here: 

Survey of people with cancer and carers (post-implementation). ​​​

The results of the survey will help to inform the development of interactive resources to support implementation of a cancer nutrition care pathway. We are hoping to receive as many responses as possible in order to learn about your nutrition needs and experiences during your cancer journey. 

This survey is one component of a project being undertaken by the Victorian Cancer Malnutrition Collaborative (VCMC) titled “iCanEAT: Implementation of the CanEAT pathway for people with cancer, carers and health professionals”. This project is funded by the Victorian Department of Health, with project oversight by the Nutrition Department at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

This project has been approved by the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Ethics Committee.

Thank you for considering participation in this project.

GENERAL CONSUMER FEEDBACK

We welcome any general feedback and suggestions to improve the pathway via this link . Further queries can be directed to: [email protected]