Nutrition for Cancer Support

Please click on the individual photos below to find out more about each practitioner. Emma Marshall specialises in breast cancer, and Linda Sims supports stable haematological cancer patients. Olena Jones and Linda Sims work with a variety of solid tumours, including lung, urological prostate cancer and bladder cancer), gynaecological cancers, thyroid cancer and other cancer types (including rare cancers like neuroendocrine tumours), with Olena’s particular interest in supporting men through cancer treatment and beyond and Linda’s additional specialism in breast cancer alongside Emma Marshall.

Giuseppe Scapellato is an HCPC-registered Dietitian, Nutritional Therapist and Clinical Herbalist with extensive experience supporting people with complex medical and cancer-related needs. Giuseppe provides specialist nutritional support for people undergoing cancer treatment, particularly where cancer or its therapies impact kidney function, appetite, weight, gastrointestinal tolerance or overall nutritional status. He is experienced in managing nutrition in the context of polypharmacy, metabolic disturbance and medically restrictive diets, working closely with medical teams to ensure safe, integrated care.

In additions to standard English language consultations, we are able to offer cancer nutrition consultations in Russian with Olena and in Italian with Giuseppe.

What is nutritional therapy and how does it work in cancer nutrition support?

Nutritional therapy uses up-to-date nutrition science to promote mental and physical health and wellbeing. Nutritional therapy is not an ‘off-the-peg’ quick fix or set of instructions because:

• you are entirely unique, right down to your biochemistry

• your body works as a whole and all your physiological systems are interconnected, not operating in isolation

Delivering personalised nutrition plans requires detective work, using a thorough case history to develop an in-depth understanding of your health. This approach aims to uncover the biochemical imbalance(s) that undermine your health. It asks why these have arisen (and therefore how to rebalance them), not just to how to patch them up. Each plan is personalised to you and tailored your needs, considering not just nutrition but also your environment, exercise, sleep and stress management.

Our cancer nutrition team practice using the Systems Approach to Cancer model, working individually and with other members of the team and our integrative oncology doctors to deliver coordinated care.