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Nutrizione clinica e composizione corporea - Gruppo di Ricerca

REFERENTE - GROUP LEADER

Dr. CACCIALANZA Riccardo

CURRICULUM VITAE REFERENTE

SPECIFIC ROLE

Coordination of the Unit's research activities.

GROUP MEMBERS
Emanuele Cereda, Valentina Da Prat, Alice Tartara, Valeria Borioli, Anna Maria Crippa, Maria Zugnoni, Marilisa Caraccia, Annalisa Opizzi, Gabriella Peroni, Silvia Crotti, Sara Masi, Francesca De Simeis, Anna Uggè, Elisa Mattavelli, Elisabetta Montagna.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

The Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics Unit coordinates several clinical trials in the field of the management of nutritional support in cancer patients, particularly in the application of immunonutrition in head&neck and lung cancer, of artificial nutrition in gastric cancer and in the assessment of nutritional risk and body composition as prognostic factors.
5 BEST PAPERS
- Cereda E, Casirati A, Klersy C, Nardi M, Vandoni G, Agnello E, Crotti S, Masi S, Ferrari A, Pedrazzoli P, Caccialanza R; ONCO-BIVA Collaborative Group. Bioimpedance-derived body composition parameters predict mortality and dose-limiting toxicity: the multicenter ONCO-BIVA study. ESMO Open, 2024.
- Caccialanza R, Cotogni P, Cereda E, Bossi P, Aprile G, Delrio P, Gnagnarella P, Mascheroni A, Monge T, Corradi E, Grieco M, Riso S, De Lorenzo F, Traclò F, Iannelli E, Beretta GD, Zanetti M, Cinieri S, Zagonel V, Pedrazzoli P. Nutritional Support in Cancer patients: update of the Italian Intersociety Working Group practical recommendations. Journal of Cancer, 2022.
- Caccialanza R, Goldwasser F, Marschal O, Ottery F, Schiefke I, Tilleul P, Zalcman G, Pedrazzoli P. Unmet needs in clinical nutrition in oncology: a multinational analysis of real-world evidence. Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology, 2020.
- Caccialanza R, Aprile G, Cereda E, Pedrazzoli P. Fasting in oncology: a word of caution. Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019.
- Cereda E., Cappello S., Colombo S., Klersy C., Imarisio I., Turri A., Caraccia M., Borioli V., Monaco T., Benazzo M., Pedrazzoli P., Corbella F., Caccialanza R. Nutritional counseling with or without systematic use of oral nutritional supplements in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2018.
AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY

Bioelectrical impedance phase sensitive single-frequency analyzers (Nutrilab, Akern®); hand grip strength dynamometer (DynX®™); medical scales (Wunder®); medical image analysis software sliceOmatic (v5.0, TomoVision).
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC COLLABORATIONS

Together with the Oncology Unit, our Team is coordinating the Intersociety (AIOM-SINPE-FAVO-SICO-ASAND-AIRO-FNOPI) Italian Working Group for Nutritional Support in Cancer Patients and the Survivorship Care & Nutritional Support Working Group of Alliance Against Cancer (ACC). It is also collaborating with the Gruppo Italiano per il Trapianto di Midollo Osseo (GITMO) and the Cellular Therapy and Immunobiology Working Party (CTIWP) and the Nurses Group (NG) of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT). Our Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit is an Hub center of Regione Lombardia with regards to Nutrition in Oncology, Short Bowel Syndrome and Artificial Nutrition.