Primary lung cancer is one of the most common malignancies. Nowadays, both its morbidity and mortality rank first, patients with lung cancer are often goes with some affiliating symptoms such as malnutrition and weight loss. The side effects of cytotoxicity during chemotherapy may lead to further deteriorate of the nutritional status and worsen the anti-tumor therapy's efficacy and the patients' quality of life. With the development of palliative treatment and the higher request of patients for quality of life, nutritional support will be an important adjunctive treatment to maintain a good nutritional status and enhance the patients' immunity during chemotherapy. It will play an active role in improving tolerability of chemotherapy and prognosis for patients with lung cancer. Here is a review about research progress of nutrition support treatment during chemotherapy for the patients with lung cancer.
原发性肺癌是最常见的恶性肿瘤之一，目前其发病率、死亡率均居第一位，在我国仍呈现上升趋势。肺癌患者常常伴有营养不良和消瘦，化疗时细胞毒药物的不良反应可能导致患者营养状况进一步恶化而降低抗肿瘤治疗疗效和患者的生活质量。随着癌症姑息治疗的发展以及患者对生存质量的更高要求，营养支持治疗将成为在化疗过程中维持患者良好的营养状态以及增强自身免疫力的重要辅助治疗手段，在提高肺癌患者化疗耐受性和改善预后等方面发挥积极作用。现就肺癌患者在化疗期间联合应用营养支持治疗的研究进展做一综述。