Coborn Cancer Center is committed to providing continual education about your cancer and how to take care of yourself during your journey. A healthy diet is vital for a person’s body to work its best—even more important for cancer patients. Eating the right kinds of foods before, during and after your treatment can help you feel better and stay stronger. If you’ve been eating a healthy diet, you’ll go into treatment with reserves to help keep up your strength, prevent body tissue from breaking down, rebuild tissue, and maintain your defenses against infection. People who eat well tend to cope better with side effects.