A review of the use of protein components in food for special medical purposes for cancer patients under the background of "mass health industry"

Abstract

The cancer prevalence rate in China is rising year by year, while many cancer patients are suffering from protein malnutrition. The application of food for special medical purposes is a better nutritional treatment method, which can effectively reduce the incidence of malnutrition in tumor patients. However, at the present stage, China lacks special medical food for tumor, which leads to the unsatisfactory effect of nutritional treatment. Through reviewing the development of food for special medical purposes for cancer, and collecting and comparing the effects of various amino acids on tumor metabolism, this paper advocates introducing proteomics and molecular pharmacology ideas into design of special medical food for tumor. Based on the analysis of amino acid metabolism in the process of tumor development, this paper also introduces the specific methods and benefits of modifying the nitrogen source of protein components directly. These can achieve the effect of tumor immune nutrition regulation therapy, greatly reducing the incidence of malnutrition in tumor patients and improving the survival rate of them, which reduced hospital stay and medical expenses, consistent with the concept of developing the mass health industry in China. Therefore, more in-depth research and full use of the protein components in special medical food for tumor can improve the level of cancer treatment and accelerate the construction of mass health industry in China.