{"id":8953,"date":"2024-05-31T20:04:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T20:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/?page_id=8953"},"modified":"2025-07-04T08:40:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:40:37","slug":"difficulty-or-pain-swallowing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/gastric\/initial-treatment-with-chemotherapy-radiation-therapy-and-immunotherapy\/difficulty-or-pain-swallowing\/","title":{"rendered":"Dietary Recommendations for Dysphagia in Gastric Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Difficulty swallowing food safely and effectively may arise due to the location of the tumour, which directly affects the oesophagus, and\/or as a side effect of the treatment. This difficulty swallowing may be accompanied by pain (called odynophagia). Pain and difficulty swallowing solid food are common with cancer located at the gastroesophageal junction.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Take your time eating. <\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n
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Eat slowly and allow enough time between each forkful.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Avoid hard foods with a skin or rind. <\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n
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Avoid eating bread, toast, breakfast cereal, crackers, crisps, fruit with skin, nuts, fibrous and dried meats and raw vegetables.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Avoid sticky foods. <\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n
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Avoid eating sliced bread, pre-cooked baguettes and pizza dough. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Prioritise soft foods and pur\u00e9es. <\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n
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Liquid preparations, such as pur\u00e9es or creamy soups, are the easiest to swallow. Soft-textured foods such as pudding, flan, omelets and meat or fish cakes are also good choices. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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At a minimum, lunch and dinner should include protein-rich foods. If possible, breakfast should, too. <\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n
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Include meat, fish, eggs, legumes, tofu or seitan in soft-textured dishes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n Turkey and vegetable savory flans<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n Fish cakes<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n Tofu stew with rice (texture modified diet)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n Bean and cheese stuffed egg whites<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n Hake in green sauce (easy to chew)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n Green omelette\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n Orange omelette\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n Purple omelette\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n Microwave codfish omelette\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n Beetroot and yogurt cr\u00e8me of soup\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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In case of lack of appetite… <\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n
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