Abstract
Objective: To investigate the indexes of scientific production of nutrition for the treatment of cancer from 2008 to 2018. Methods: This is a bibliometric, quantitative study of the descriptive type of the scientific literature. In the search the descriptors "nutrition" and "cancer" were used in the databases LILACS, SCIELO and MEDLINE. The data obtained were analyzed through the Excel worksheet. Results: Of the 99 articles analyzed, the most productive authors were nutritionists, with a doctorate degree, teachers, most of them linked to public HEI, with the highest productivity coming from articles in the Southeast region, with B1 and B2 Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia. The descriptors nutritional status and neoplasia were the most used, as well as subjects more discussed were those related to nutritional status or nutritional risk of patients and malignant neoplasia in the gastrointestinal tract. Conclusion: Nutrition ensures support during cancer treatment. Knowledge is based on scientific productions. The more written knowledge is produced, the more knowledge is disseminated to society. In this way, developing research on nutrition and cancer exposes the importance in the therapeutic context of the patient, in order to improve their health.