[Abstract] On April 15, on the occasion of the 21st “Cancer Awareness Week”, Dr. Zhu Xiaoyan, Deputy Chief Physician of Minimally Invasive Treatment Center of Cancer Hospital of Fudan University, visited Tencent Dashen.com and conducted a live interview through Tencent News APP Shanghai page to talk about how to eat for cancer patients. How to eat and drink for tumor patients? It is always confusing for patients, their families and their friends and relatives. Surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the conventional means to treat malignant tumors nowadays, but these treatments can not only kill “cancer” cells, but also cause great harm to healthy cells and organism, which makes the patient’s body overwhelmed during the treatment. After treatment, there are often recurrence, metastasis and long-lasting effects on future life. On April 15, the 21st “Cancer Awareness Week”, Dr. Zhu Xiaoyan, Deputy Chief Physician of Minimally Invasive Treatment Center of Cancer Hospital of Fudan University and member of Minimally Invasive Treatment Committee of Shanghai Anti-Cancer Association and Shanghai Anti-Cancer Association, visited Tencent Dashen.com and conducted a live interview through Tencent News App Shanghai. The interview will be broadcasted live on Tencent Dashanet, and we will talk about how to eat for tumor patients. What are the “anti-cancer star” foods? Professor Zhu suggested that we should pay attention to a healthy diet, such as eating more vegetables and fruits, increasing the intake of coarse grains, taking regular physical exercise and keeping a happy mood. The “anti-cancer star” foods recommended by Professor Zhu include broccoli, purple kale, onion and tomato. How should tumor patients with diabetes eat? For diabetic tumor patients, Professor Zhu reminds us to avoid foods or fruits with high sugar content, and the recommended vegetables are tomatoes and cucumbers, which can be juiced. Normally, you can choose yam steamed and stir-fried or boiled congee, or you can choose silver fungus and lily stir-fried or boiled congee. What are the contraindications of diet after breast cancer surgery? If no recurrence or metastasis is found after breast cancer surgery, Professor Zhu believes that you can eat nutritious and easy-to-digest food, but avoid taking royal jelly, propolis, bird’s nest and other supplements. Because these supplements may contain hormones, it is better for breast cancer patients not to take these nutritional products. How to improve the quality of life for patients with advanced liver cancer? For patients with advanced liver cancer, their digestive function is generally weak. Professor Zhu suggests to consider eating soft food and easily digestible proteins, such as: eggs, fish and meat are high-quality proteins, which are easier to digest and absorb. If patients have hepatic encephalopathy they should control protein intake. Patients with liver cancer mostly have esophagogastric fundic varices and are prone to gastrointestinal bleeding, so they must eat less and more meals. What is the relationship between bowel cancer and diet? “Bowel cancer and diet have a certain relationship, mainly related to frequent consumption of greasy food.” Professor Zhu introduced. “Therefore, try to have a lighter diet and avoid eating too much at one time when you have bowel cancer. Eat more green vegetables, which are rich in fiber and can promote the peristalsis of intestine, facilitate the excretion of stool and reduce the absorption of toxins in the intestine. Usually you can eat some coarse grains, such as: sweet potato, yam, corn, yam, etc.” What should tumor patients pay attention to in their diet during chemotherapy? Tumor patients during chemotherapy usually have poor appetite, so it is recommended to have nutritious porridge as the main food, which is easy to digest. For example: green vegetable porridge, minced meat porridge, jujube porridge and yam porridge are all fine. It is also to eat less and more meals. If the appetite is not good, you can take hawthorn (drinking hawthorn) in water appropriately. If there is nausea, you can use a thin slice of ginger in the mouth. Professor Zhu replied to some netizens’ questions: Q:Dr. Zhu, about how should metastatic squamous carcinoma be treated? A:Hello, in the case of metastatic squamous carcinoma, it is necessary to figure out where the primary foci are and where they have metastasized to those parts, and the next treatment plan should be decided according to the specific situation. It is better to provide more detailed medical information. Q:My mother has been operated for bile duct cancer for more than eight months, and the review is fine, but recently, she keeps getting dizzy, why? A:There are many reasons for dizziness, such as hypertension, cervical spondylosis, cerebral artery blood supply deficiency, etc. All of them should be judged. Q:How to strengthen the body during post-operative chemotherapy for colon cancer? Can I take ginseng or American ginseng? A:You can take American ginseng to strengthen your body during chemotherapy. For patients who are especially weak and have a lot of wounded energy, you can use ginseng, but ginseng is hot, so it is not suitable for those with red tongue and hot body. Astragalus can be taken as a tea substitute. Q:What can I eat to raise my platelet count during chemotherapy? A:If the platelet count is low, Chinese medicine can be taken by decocting peanuts in water and drinking, and you can also choose to make porridge with adzuki beans, black beans and dates. Q:Should I eat more soy products to supplement phytohormones after my breast nodules are opened and removed? A:You can eat them appropriately, but not in excess, and pay attention to the diversity of your diet. Q:Is it necessary to have liver puncture surgery for viral hepatitis B? A:Patients with hepatitis B are generally recommended to have their hepatitis B half and hepatitis B DNA copy number checked, as well as to have their liver function rechecked. If the liver function is damaged and the hepatitis B DNA copy number is higher than normal, anti-hepatitis B virus treatment can be considered. Q:Hi Professor Zhu Xiaoyan! I am a cervical cancer patient, I have been operated for 4 years, the surgery took out my uterus and ovaries, now my back is often sore, do I need to pay attention to anything? A:After cervical cancer surgery, you should pay attention to taking foods that nourish liver and kidney, such as: walnuts, black sesame, black fungus, black beans, etc. Pay attention to rest and participate in appropriate leisure activities, such as: walking, tai chi. Cultivate various life interests, such as raising flowers and fish, and get close to nature more often. Q:My father has not been able to eat for almost two months after his esophageal cancer surgery, he feels full after eating half a bowl of rice and a little vegetable. What can I do and what can I suggest? Thank you! A:After esophageal cancer surgery, it is recommended to have light and easy to digest food, you can make various kinds of nutritious porridge, such as barley porridge, lotus seed porridge, pumpkin porridge, etc. You can also make fish fillet porridge to increase protein intake. However, there may be esophageal reflux due to anatomical structure changes after esophageal cancer surgery, so you should eat less each time and divide the food into several times within a day. After eating, do not lie down immediately to reduce reflux. You can take gastrointestinal motility drugs and drugs to protect the gastric mucosa, and then communicate with the surgeon or attending doctor about the specific medication. Q:A patient with bone tumor has just been operated and is undergoing chemotherapy. What should I pay attention to and how to eat nutritionally? A:If it is during chemotherapy, it is still recommended to take light and easy to digest food as the main food. You can make various kinds of nutritious porridge, such as: barley porridge, lotus seed porridge, pumpkin porridge, etc. Q:How should bladder cancer patients eat? Thanks! A:Patients with bladder tumor are recommended to have a light diet and drink high quality water. Pay attention to regular review, drink more water and don’t hold urine. Q:What should patients with rectal cancer eat? A:Patients with rectal cancer should pay attention to light diet, eat more green vegetables and fruits, and try to avoid greasy or indigestible food. Pay attention to exercise, such as walking and tai chi, and avoid too strenuous activities. Q:What should I pay attention to in my diet if I have thyroid nodules? A:Patients with a history of thyroid nodules should pay attention to regular follow-up ultrasound and thyroid complete set, use non-iodized salt in their diet, eat less seafood, seaweed and other aquatic products, eat more green vegetables and fruits, and keep a happy mood. Q:How to have a reasonable diet after total gastric resection? A:For postoperative gastric cancer resection, the main diet should be soft, light, nutritious and easy to digest food. For example: milk, egg custard, various kinds of nutritious porridge, and easily digestible protein, such as fish. Avoid eating cold, spicy and greasy food.