Eating During Cancer Treatment
The Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation and the Alicia Foundation publish the first web platform "Eating during cancer treatment" that provides dietary advice on the most appropriate way to eat during the different phases of cancer treatment, as well as with 'appearance of the most common side effects.
This new platform has its origins in the collection of seven guides with dietary and culinary recommendations to facilitate the management of day-to-day nutrition for people undergoing treatment for different types of cancer.
We want to help people with cancer maintain optimal nutritional status and explain the basics of food once the disease is diagnosed
Collaborating entities
The Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) is a public centre dedicated to fighting cancer. It deals with the disease from a comprehensive perspective, as the same organisation deals with prevention, assistance, specialised training and research. The ICO is a public company that was created in 1995 by the Department of Health at the Government of Catalonia, at it started work one year later at the facilities of Hospital Duran i Reynals in Hospitalet de Llobregat. Seven years later, in 2002, ICO Girona was inaugurated, at Hospital Doctor Josep Trueta, and the following year, ICO Badalona opened its doors at Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol. In 2014, ICO Camp de Tarragona and ICO Terres de l'Ebre were opened at Hospital Joan XXIII in Tarragona and Hospital Verge de la Cinta in Tortosa. The ICO is currently the leading oncology centre for more than 40% of the adult population in Catalonia.