Cancer Council Victoria recognises the key role GPs and health professionals play in discussing diet, exercise and lifestyle advice with patients. Below are resources we hope will be of use to you, your practice and your patients.
Cancer Council fact sheets
Information about healthy eating
Information about physical activity
For patients who have experienced cancer
The Get Support section of the Cancer Council Victoria website offers plenty of information and support for patients and their families when they need it most. Here you will find information about the range of services and supports that are available to you and your patients that are designed to assist them in managing their cancer experience, from diagnosis, through to treatment, survivorship or end of life care.
Contact a Cancer Nurse
For information and support, people affected by cancer and the health professionals who support them are encouraged to contact Cancer Council on 13 11 20 or online.
Nutrition
Information about nutrition for people living with cancer is available through the website and a downloadable Nutrition and cancer booklet.
Exercise
Information about exercise for people living with cancer is available through the website and a downloadable Exercise for people living with cancer booklet.
Information about eating disorders
If you suspect a patient is experiencing disordered eating you can get more support and information at Eating Disorders Victoria
Support line: 1300 550 236
Training for GPs on how to recognise disordered eating is also available through Eating Disorders Victoria. This training is clear and simple and will increase awareness of all eating disorders. It is free for RACGP members and CPD points apply.
Obesity and cancer references and publications
Lauby-Secretan B, et al. 2016, Special report: Body fatness and Cancer – Viewpoint of the IARC Working Group. The New England Journal of Medicine, 375.8: 794–8.
The World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research. 2018. Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer: a Global Perspective. Washington.
Whiteman David C, et al. 2015. Cancers in Australia in 2010 attributable to modifiable factors: summary and conclusions. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 39.5: 477–84.
Font-Burgada J, et al. 2015. Obesity and cancer – the oil that feeds the flame. Cell metabolism. 23.1: 48 –62.
Golemis E, et al. 2018. Molecular mechanisms of the preventable causes of cancer in the United States. Genes and development. 32: 868 –902.
Hopkins B, et al. 2016. Obesity and cancer mechanisms: cancer metabolism. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 34.35: 4277 –84.
National Cancer Institute. 2017. Obesity and Cancer. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/obesity/obesity-fact-sheet#q3
Kyrgiou M, et al. 2017. Adiposity and cancer at major anatomical sites: umbrella review of the literature. BMJ. 356.477: 1 –9.
Van Kruijsdijk RM, et al. 2009. Obesity and cancer: the role of dysfunctional adipose tissue. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 18.10 : 2569–78.
Lyengar N, et al. 2016. Obesity and cancer mechanisms: tumor microenvironment and inflammation. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 34.35: 4270 –4.
Travis RC, et al. 2003. Oestrogen exposure and breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer Research.5: 239–47.
Gunter MJ, et al. 2009. Insulin, insulin-like growth factor-I, and risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. J Natl Cancer Inst.101:48–60.
Bhaskaran K, et al. 2014. Body-mass index and risk of 22 specific cancers: a population-based cohort study of 5.24 million UK adults. The Lancet. 384: 755 –65.
Cancer Research UK. 2018. Obesity, weight and cancer. [ONLINE] Available at: https:// www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/obesity-weight-and-cancer.
