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The analysis included participants who had completed treatment for breast cancer (n = 341), prostate cancer (n = 137), or colorectal cancer (n = 132), for a total sample of 610 participants. Quality of life (QL) was assessed using the EORTC QLQ-C30 global health status\/quality of life scale. Associations were examined using regression models adjusted for age, marital status, education, number of cancer treatments, stage at diagnosis, body mass index, tobacco and alcohol use, and comorbidities. Results: Overall, 26% of participants reported receiving sufficient guidance on general dietary habits during treatment and 19% on nutrition-related problems. On average, three years had passed since diagnosis. Among all participants, guidance on general dietary habits was associated with higher QL scores (\u03b2 = 5.6; 95% CI: 0.8 to 10.5), as was guidance on nutrition-related problems (\u03b2 = 5.7; 95% CI: 0.3 to 11.1). In subgroup analyses, statistically significant associations were observed among prostate cancer survivors for both dietary guidance (\u03b2 = 12.4) and guidance on nutrition-related problems (\u03b2 = 14.0), and among breast cancer survivors for guidance on nutrition-related problems (\u03b2 = 8.4). Conclusions: Patient-reported sufficient discussions about dietary habits or nutrition-related problems during treatment were associated with slightly higher post-treatment QL scores.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu18132097","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,26]],"date-time":"2026-06-26T08:43:57Z","timestamp":1782463437000},"page":"2097","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Impact of Dietary Guidance During Cancer Treatment on Quality of Life"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Vera \u00d3sk","family":"Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre of Public Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, 102 Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"L\u00e1ra","family":"Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Icelandic Cancer Registry and Research Center at the Icelandic Cancer Society, 105 Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kristjana","family":"Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Icelandic Cancer Registry and Research Center at the Icelandic Cancer Society, 105 Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9721-0105","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"J\u00f3hanna Eyr\u00fan","family":"Torfad\u00f3ttir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre of Public Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, 102 Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"World Health Organization (2026, January 15). 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