{"id":477,"date":"2021-02-26T21:23:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T13:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gcbcoa.org\/?page_id=477"},"modified":"2026-08-31T09:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T01:56:08","slug":"treatment-and-notes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gcbcoa.org\/en\/about-breast-cancer\/treatment-and-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Treatment And Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During treatment, breast cancer patients often experience loss of appetite, nausea and altered taste buds due to drug side\u2011effects, together with emotional fluctuations, insomnia and other issues. These symptoms are only temporary and will gradually subside once treatment is completed, so there is no need for excessive concern. Below are recommendations to ease such discomforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Loss of Appetite<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do light exercise or relaxing activities such as taking a walk before meals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chew food slowly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eat small, frequent meals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consume high\u2011protein foods, such as sea cucumber, poultry, fish, eggs and legumes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drink nutritional supplement beverages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose easily\u2011digestible foods.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nausea and Vomiting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eat small, frequent meals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maintain balanced hydration and electrolyte levels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid overly sweet or greasy food.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opt for dry\u2011textured foods such as crackers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not drink excessive amounts of water or soup in one go.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dry Mouth, Mouth Ulcers and Difficulty Swallowing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Avoid foods that are too salty, sour, spicy, hard or coarse\u2011textured.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drink honey\u2011lemon water.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chop or blend meat before eating.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take liquid\u2011form foods such as congee broth, soups, oatmeal and steamed egg custard.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Food\u2011related Q&amp;A<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q: Can breast cancer patients eat chicken?<\/strong> A: Many breast cancer patients are wary of eating chicken, believing that farmed chickens are injected with oestrogen (commonly called \u201cinjected chickens\u201d) and will harm their health. Doctors and dietitians have pointed out that chicken can be safely eaten. Oestrogen in chickens is mainly stored in fatty tissue, mostly found in chicken skin. Simply remove the skin before consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q: Does eating soybeans and soy\u2011based products increase breast\u2011cancer risk?<\/strong> A: To date, no studies have proven that consuming soybeans or soy\u2011based products raises breast\u2011cancer risk. Natural soy products help balance bodily physiological responses. Eating natural soy foods will not stimulate cancer\u2011cell growth or increase the chance of cancer recurrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During treatment, breast cancer patients often experience loss of appetite, nausea and altered taste buds due to drug side\u2011effects, together with emotional fluctuations, insomnia and other issues. These symptoms are only temporary and will gradually subside once treatment is completed, so there is no need for excessive concern. Below are recommendations to ease such discomforts. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":466,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-477","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcbcoa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcbcoa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcbcoa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcbcoa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcbcoa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gcbcoa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10552,"href":"https:\/\/gcbcoa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477\/revisions\/10552"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcbcoa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcbcoa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}