Riccardo Caccialanza

Riccardo Caccialanza
Specialty:
Biology, nutrition science and dietetics
Profession:
Nutritionist biologist
Languages:
IT
EN

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Biography

Dr. Riccardo Caccialanza is a consultant at the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, where he serves as the Coordinating Director of the Clinical Nutrition Area.

He is also the Director of the Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Unit at the IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, a Contract Professor at the University of Pavia (Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics; Specialization School in Oncology; Specialization School in Digestive System Diseases; PhD in Experimental Medicine; Second-Level Master’s in “Nutrition in Oncology”), Secretary of the “Survivorship Care and Nutritional Support” Working Group of Alleanza Contro il Cancro (ACC), and a member of the joint Italian Inter-Society Working Group (AIOM, SINPE, FAVO, SICO, ASAND, FNOPI) on “Nutritional Support in Oncology.”

He is also a member of the Technical Table on Nutritional Safety (TARSIN) of the Lombardy Region, Chair of the Nutrition Pillar of the “New Therapeutic Frontiers in Breast Cancer” Intergroup Consultation of the XII Commission for Social Affairs in the Chamber of Deputies, Nutrition Consultant for the “Pancreas Unit” Working Group of the Lombardy Region, member of the Coordinating Body of the Lombardy Clinical Nutrition Network, member of the Steering Committee for the Prevention and Treatment of Eating Disorders (DCA) of the Lombardy Region, member of the Technical Table for Home Artificial Nutrition (NAD) of the Lombardy Region, member of the Ethics Committee of the Humanitas Clinical Institute Mirasole S.p.A., Head of the Oncological Area of the Italian Society of Artificial Nutrition and Metabolism (SINPE), member of the Scientific Committee of A.N.N.A. – National Association of Artificial Nutrition Onlus, member of the Scientific Committee of Vivere senza Stomaco (si può) – ODV, and a member of the Technical Scientific Committee of the ERAS Forum Study Center.

Dr. Caccialanza is a Specialist in Clinical Nutrition, having graduated and specialized at the University of Pavia, with study and collaboration experiences at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.

He earned the National Scientific Qualification as a Full Professor in the competitive sector 06/D2 (Endocrinology, Nephrology, and Food and Wellness Sciences) in 2020, and as an Associate Professor in the same sector in 2017.

He also obtained the Certificate of Managerial Training for Complex Structure Managers (DCS 1706) in 2019.

Currently, he focuses on nutritional support for all acute and chronic diseases, with a particular emphasis on oncological, gastroenterological, metabolic, and neurological diseases, post-surgical outcomes, and artificial nutrition.

He is the author of over 160 publications in international journals and coordinates multiple clinical studies related to nutritional evaluation and support in oncology, with a specific focus on body composition and immunonutrition. His research activities also cover hospital malnutrition and some rare diseases (short bowel syndrome, systemic sclerosis, amyloidosis).

He holds the following editorial positions:

  • Associate Editor of Clinical Nutrition ESPEN (Elsevier; ISSN: 2405-4577)
  • Associate Editor of BMC Cancer (Springer Nature; ISSN: 1471-2407)
  • Associate Editor of Frontiers in Nutrition (Frontiers; ISSN: 2296-861X)
  • Member of the Editorial Board and Editorial Consultant of Supportive Care in Cancer (Springer Nature; ISSN: 0941-4355 (print); 1433-7339 (web))
  • Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Nutrition (Elsevier; ISSN: 0899-9007)
  • Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Nutrients (MDPI; ISSN 2072-6643)
  • Section Editor - Nutrition and Cancer of Annals of Research in Oncology (Edra S.p.A.)
  • Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Nutrimentum et Curae (Indicon S.r.l.)
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Publications

Latest publications

Immunonutrition and prehabilitation in pancreatic cancer surgery: A new concept in the era of ERAS® and neoadjuvant treatment
Eur J Surg Oncol. 2022:S0748-7983(22)01352-X.
De Luca R, Gianotti L, Pedrazzoli P, Brunetti O, Rizzo A, Sandini M, Paiella S, Pecorelli N, Pugliese L, Pietrabissa A, Zerbi A, Salvia R, Boggi U, Casirati A, Falconi M, Caccialanza R.
Multicentre, randomised, open-label, parallel-group, clinical phase II study to evaluate immunonutrition in improving efficacy of immunotherapy in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, undergoing systematic nutritional counseling
BMC Cancer. 2022;22(1):1212.
Caccialanza R, Cereda E, Agustoni F, Klersy C, Casirati A, Montagna E, Carnio S, Novello S, Milella M, Pilotto S, Trestini I, Buffoni L, Ferrari A, Pedrazzoli P
Clinical and economic value of oral nutrition supplements in patients with cancer: a position paper from the Survivorship Care and Nutritional Support Working Group of Alliance Against Cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2022 Jul 6. doi: 10.1007/s00520-022-07269-y.
Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35792925.
Caccialanza R, Laviano A, Bosetti C, Nardi M, Casalone V, Titta L, Mele R, De Pergola G, De Lorenzo F, Pedrazzoli P; Alliance Against Cancer (ACC) Survivorship Care, Nutritional Support Working Group.
Nutritional Support in Cancer patients: update of the Italian Intersociety Working Group practical recommendations
Journal of Cancer 2022; 13(9):2705-2716
Caccialanza R, Cotogni P, Cereda E, Bossi P, Aprile G, Delrio P, Gnagnarella P, Mascheroni A, Monge T, Corradi E, Grieco M, Riso S, De Lorenzo F, Traclò F, Iannelli E, Beretta GD, Zanetti M, Cinieri S, Zagonel V, Pedrazzoli P.
The efficacy of immunonutrition in improving tolerance to chemoradiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer, receiving nutritional counseling: study protocol of a randomized, open-label, parallel group, bicentric pilot study
Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology. 2021;13:17588359211025872
Caccialanza R, Cereda E, Klersy C, Nardi M, Masi S, Crotti S, Cappello S, Caissutti V, Brovia C, Lobascio F, Formisano E, Colombo S, Filippi AR, Bonzano E, Comoli P, Catenacci L, Alberti A, Musella V, Ferrari A, Imarisio I, Tancredi R, Monaco T, Ghi MG, Bossi P, Pedrazzoli P.
NUTRI-COVID19 Collaborative Working Group. “Nutritional parameters associated with prognosis in non-critically ill hospitalized COVID-19 patients: The NUTRI-COVID19 study”.
Clinical Nutrition. 2021. 25:S0261-5614(21)00316-2
Caccialanza R, Formisano E, Klersy C, Ferretti V, Ferrari A, Demontis S, Mascheroni A, Masi S, Crotti S, Lobascio F, Cerutti N, Orlandoni P, Dalla Costa C, Redaelli E, Fabbri A, Malesci A, Corrao S, Bordandini L, Cereda E;
Nutritional care in cancer patients: Initiatives and perspectives of the Italian Intersociety Working Group for Nutritional Support in Cancer Patients
Nutrition. 2021 13;91-92:111358.
Caccialanza R, De Lorenzo F, Lobascio F, Gnagnarella P, Iannelli E, Traclò F, Delrio P, Tancredi R, Pedrazzoli P; Italian Intersociety Working Group for Nutritional Support in Cancer Patients.
Early nutritional supplementation in non-critically ill patients hospitalized for the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19): rationale and feasibility of a shared pragmatic protocol
Nutrition. 2020; 74:110835
Caccialanza R, Laviano A, Lobascio F, Montagna E, Bruno R, Ludovisi S, Corsico AG, Di Sabatino A, Belliato M, Calvi M, Iacona I, Grugnetti G, Bonadeo E, Muzzi A, Cereda E.
Unmet needs in clinical nutrition in oncology – a multinational analysis of real-world Evidence
Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology. 2020; 12:1758835919899852
Caccialanza R, Goldwasser F, Marschal O, Ottery F, Schiefke I, Tilleul P, Zalcman G, Pedrazzoli P.
Nutritional counseling with or without systematic use of oral nutritional supplements in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy
Radiotherapy & Oncology. 2018; 126(1):81-88
E Cereda, S Cappello, S Colombo, C Klersy, I Imarisio, A Turri, M Caraccia, V Borioli, T Monaco, M Benazzo, P Pedrazzoli, F Corbella, R Caccialanza.
Fasting in oncology: a word of caution
Nature Reviews Cancer. 2019, 19(3):177
Caccialanza R, Aprile G, Cereda E, Pedrazzoli P.
Awareness and consideration of malnutrition among oncologists: insights from an exploratory survey
Nutrition 2016; 32:1028-32.
R Caccialanza, E Cereda, C Pinto, P Cotogni, G Farina, C Gavazzi, C Gandini, M Nardi, V Zagonel, Paolo Pedrazzoli.
Nutritional support in cancer patients: a position paper from the Italian Society of Medical Oncology (AIOM) and the Italian Society of Artificial Nutrition and Metabolism (SINPE)
Journal of Cancer 2016; 7(2): 131-135
Caccialanza R, Pedrazzoli P, Cereda E, Gavazzi C, Pinto C, Paccagnella A, Beretta GD, Nardi M, Laviano A, Zagonel V.
Nutritional parameters associated with prolonged hospitalization in ambulatory adult patients
Canadian Medical Association Journal 2010; 182(17): 1843-1849
Caccialanza R, Klersy C, Cereda E, Cameletti B, Bonoldi A, Bonardi C, Marinelli M, Dionigi P.
Nutritional status of outpatients with systemic immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2006; 83(2): 350-354
R Caccialanza, G Palladini, C Klersy, H Cena, C Vagia, B Cameletti, P Russo, F Lavatelli and G Merlini. (AL)