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|Podcasts|July 30, 2021
Why Nutrition is So Important for Bladder Cancer Patients with Dr. Jill Hamilton-Reeves Episode 9 Part 2
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Host Rick Bangs talks with Jill Hamilton-Reeves, PhD, RD, CSO.
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In Part 2 of Episode 9 of
Rick and Dr. Reeves discuss:
- How good nutrition may help patients receiving
immunotherapy , either by increasing the effectiveness of their immunotherapy or making the side effects more tolerable - How fitness and
nutrition before a radical cystectomy play into the results from the surgery including any complications - How you can lose muscle – not fat – in the days after bladder cancer surgery
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