Caring for Fasting Patients With Cancer During Ramadan

Javier Mora; Mina Bakhtiar; Nadia A Saeed; Tracy A Balboni

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.1585

Caring for Fasting Patients With Cancer During Ramadan

JAMA Oncol. 2025 Jun 12. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.1585. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Javier Mora¹, Mina Bakhtiar¹, Nadia A Saeed¹, Tracy A Balboni^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 40504507
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.1585

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint presents considerations and potential patient scenarios to help guide clinicians in optimizing care for patients with cancer who are fasting during Ramadan.