Target Audience and Goal Statement
This educational activity is intended for an international audience of non-US healthcare professionals, specifically hematologists/oncologists,
critical care specialists, emergency care physicians, and nutritionists involved in the management of critically-ill and surgical
cancer patients.
The goal of this activity is to improve physicians' understanding of nutrition as an independent risk factor of prognostic
value and a therapeutic target in critically ill and surgical cancer patients.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Recognize malnutrition as an independent risk factor of prognostic value and a therapeutic target in critically ill and surgical
cancer patients
- Review the role of malnutrition in the pathophysiology, metabolic response, and alteration of prognosis in these patients
- Describe the latest nutritional guidelines and clinical findings on enteral nutrition in these patients
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Moderator

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Arved Weimann, MD, MA
Professor and Chief, Department of General and Visceral Surgery, St. Georg Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of the University
of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Disclosures
Disclosure: Arved Weimann, MD, MA has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as a speaker or a member of a speakers bureau for: Baxter; B. Braun Melsungen AG; Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA; Nestlé; Nutricia
Received grants for clinical research from: Baxter; Danone
Faculty

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Kenneth Fearon, MD
Professor of Surgical Oncology, Department of Clinical and Surgical Sciences, School of Clinical Sciences and Community Health,
University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Disclosures
Disclosure: Kenneth Fearon, MD has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as an advisor or consultant for: Helsinn Therapeutics, Inc
Served as a speaker or a member of a speakers bureau for: Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA; Helsinn Therapeutics, Inc
Received grants for clinical research from: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

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Daren Heyland, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Medicine, Director, Clinical Evaluation Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University,
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Disclosures
Disclosure: Daren Heyland, MD, MSc, FRCPC has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as an advisor or consultant for: GlaxoSmithKline; Lyric Pharmaceuticals
Served as a speaker or a member of a speakers bureau for: Abbott Nutrition
Received grants for clinical research from: Abbott Laboratories; GlaxoSmithKline; Lyric Pharmaceuticals; Nestlé

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Alessandro Laviano, MD
Associate professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
Disclosures
Disclosure: Alessandro Laviano, MD has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as an advisor or consultant for: SmartFish
Served as a speaker or a member of a speakers bureau for: Baxter; B. Braun Melsungen AG; Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA; Nestlé Health Science; Nutricia

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Jean-Charles Preiser, MD, PhD
Professor, Head of Clinic, Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Disclosures
Disclosure: Jean-Charles Preiser, MD, PhD has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Editor
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