Emerging Role of Diet and the Gut Microbiome in Oncologic Therapy: Cancer Prevention Through Survivorship

Description

Learning Objectives

• Describe primary influential factors in the development of the gut microbiome.
• Discuss the role of the gut microbiome and impact on oncologic therapies.
• Review evidence-based nutrition support practices for oncology patients including diet recommendations for maintaining a healthy gut microbiome during therapy and beyond.

Performance Indicators

• 8.2.4 Integrates new knowledge of disease states and clinical conditions into practice.
• 10.3.4 Selects interventions intended to resolve or improve nutrition diagnoses.
• 8.1.1 Interprets and applies evidence-based literature and standards for determining nutritional needs of target audiences.

Speakers

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  Paula Charuhas Macris

  Supervisor, Medical Nutrition Therapy Services, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

  Paula Charuhas Macris, MS, RD, CSO, FAND, CD earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Washington. She has worked at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center for over 37 years and is currently Supervisor, Medical Nutrition Therapy Services. Paula’s expertise is bone marrow transplantation and cancer survivorship. She is involved in patient care, clinical research, food safety education, and training of dietetic interns. Paula has presented at over 100 invited local, national, and international conferences and has published over 60 review articles, research papers, and book chapters. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is a board-certified specialist in oncology nutrition. Paula is a past recipient of the Academy’s Excellence in Clinical Practice Award and the Oncology Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group’s Distinguished Practice Award.

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  Kerry McMillen

  Director, Oncology Supportive Care and Screening, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

  Kerry is a Fellow of the AND as well as a Board Certified Specialist in Oncology Nutrition. She has worked in the field of oncology nutrition for over 20 years at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, primarily in the Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) population. She is currently the Director of Oncology Supportive Care and Screening, which includes managing the Medical Nutrition Therapy department. Kerry received her Masters degree in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Washington. She has lectured nationally and internationally as well as published in peer-reviewed journals on the impact of the RD in oncology care, needed interdisciplinary partnerships to address malnutrition, the gut microbiome in oncology and the importance of proactive malnutrition screening to improve clinical outcomes and meet Commission on Cancer standards. Kerry received the Abbott Nutrition Malnutrition Award in 2021.

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Moderator

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  Tara Coghlin Dickson

  Clinical Nutrition Specialist, Stanford Health Care

  Tara Coghlin Dickson, MS, RD, CSSD, FAND, has been a clinician, researcher, and educator at Stanford University Medical Center in Clinical Nutrition and Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) for over 30 years. Committed to BMT Nutrition and RD specialty practice, she founded ON DPG’s BMT Subunit, Chaired ON DPG's BMT Nutrition PreSymposium in 2022 and 2024 and has worked with ON DPG’s Executive Committee since 2018. She was recipient of ON DPG’s 2023 Distinguished Service Award and co-recipient of the J. Patrick Barnes Grant through The Daisy Foundation for Blood and Marrow Transplant research. She served on SCAN’s Executive Committee as Chair, Nominating Committee Chair, Content Expert for SCAN's 32nd Symposium, Director of Member Services, and SD-USA volunteer. Tara was the recipient of the 2014 SCAN Excellence in Practice Award. She has original publications, coauthored a book, contributed to numerous articles, and presented at regional and national conferences.

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