IMMUNONUTRITION
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Introduction:
With the growing prevalence of chronic diseases, the research on immunonutrition has
gained increased attention. The immunonutrition is defined as the nutrition with potential
immune module activity. Prieto et al. (2017), suggested that the concept of nutrition is applied
for the situation such as vascular health, infection, cancer to modulate the immune system. Koch
and Radtke (2018), highlighted that in the immunology, glutamine, arginine, omega three fatty
acid, vitamins like B12, zinc are commonly used as immunonutrition to module the immune
system. This essay aims to focus on omega-three fatty acid as immunonutrition therapy for the
cancer patient. Omega-three fatty acid reduce the inflammatory response, modulate molecular
pathway which in turn increase the efficacy of chemotherapy. This essay will provide the
aetiology, pathogenesis and genetic mechanism of cancer, treatment option and the role of
immunonutritions in following paragraphs.
Discussion:
Mechanism of cancer:
Cancer is defined as a condition that exhibits abnormal cell growth with the possiblity to
spread throughout the body. Considering the clinical manifestations of cancer include a lump,
abnormal bleeding, cough, and sudden weight loss and altered bowel movement (Koundouros
and Poulogiannis 2019). The cancer statistics of the United Kingdom suggested that
approximately 363,000 new cases informed in the UK every year with approximately 990 every
day. Approximately 178,000 new cases in female were reported in 2016 where around
185,000 cancer cases in male were reported (Www.cancerresearchuk.org. 2020). Every two
minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer, highlighting an intense need for

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Immunonutrition: A nutritional concept with potential immune module activity

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