Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing a Special Issue on cancer and nutrition in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The venue is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. For detailed information on the journal, we refer you to https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph. 

Based on the data from the World Health Organization (Globocan 2012, IARC), in 2012, over 14.1 million new cancer cases were diagnosed worldwide (of them 57% in less developed regions), and around 8.2 million cancer deaths occurred (of them 65% in less developed regions). Nutrition is a key factor in cancer etiology; in 1981 Doll and Peto reported that 35% of all cancer deaths are attributed to diet and nutrition. According to the most recent 2014 Cancer Progress Report from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), overweight/obesity and other related behaviors, including poor diet and sedentary lifestyles, account for up to 33% of cancer incidence.

Equally important is the role of nutrition in the process of cancer care, in light of the common gastrointestinal side effects of conventional systemic cancer therapy, and taking into consideration the important role of the nutritional status on the prognosis and survival of cancer patients.

In light of the globally growing number of both new cancer patients and cancer survivors, disseminating information on the role of nutritional factors in cancer etiology may offer strategies for cancer prevention, and sharing data on the long-term role of nutrition in cancer patients and survivors may better their prognosis and quality of life.

This Special Issue is open to the subject area of nutrition such as cancer etiology and nutritional approaches in cancer therapy and survivorship. The keywords listed below provide an outline of some of the possible areas of interest.

Prof. Dr. Lital Keinan Boker
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• Early life nutrition (babyhood, infancy, early childhood) and cancer incidence
• Adolescent nutrition and cancer incidence
• Early adulthood nutrition and cancer incidence
• Nutritional prevention of cancer
• Nutrition in cancer patients
• Nutrition in cancer survivors
• Special dietary patterns (vegetarians, vegans, paleo, etc.) and cancer incidence
• Special dietary patterns in cancer patients
• Special dietary patterns in cancer survivors