Guides "Eating During Cancer Treatment"
The Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation and the Alicia Foundation jointly publish the collection of guides "Eating during cancer treatment" with the aim of helping people with cancer maintain an optimal nutritional status, and explain the basics of the diet that should be followed once the disease is diagnosed.
The content of the guides is prepared by experts from the Alícia Foundation, with the collaboration of the Functional Unit of Clinical Nutrition of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) and the participation of other entities such as ACSA or the Bellvitge Hospital.
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.