Reduced nutritional state is associated with unfavourable outcomes and a lower quality of
life in patients with malignancies. Patients with active tumour disease frequently have …

Prospective randomly controlled trials have failed to demonstrate the clinical efficacy of
providing nutritional support to most cancer patients in terms of morbidity, mortality, and …

Parenteral nutrition offers the possibility of increasing or ensuring nutrient intake in patients
in whom normal food intake is inadequate and enteral nutrition is not feasible, is …

Malnutrition in cancer patients results from multifactorial events and is associated with an
alteration of quality of life and a reduced survival. A simple nutritional assessment program …

Background Malnutrition is a frequent medical problem of cancer patients that negatively
impacts their quality of life. Methods A multidisciplinary group of experts in Medical …

The use of nutritional support in cancer patients has evolved since its introduction in the
clinical practice 40 years ago. Both parenteral and enteral nutrition are now increasingly …

The debate over the use of enteral nutrition (EN) and parenteral nutrition (PN) is an old but
evergreen and hot topic. Since many years, studies comparing EN and PN have been a …

Before attempting to analyze the potential efficacy of the two different routes of administering
nutrients to cancer patients, enteral nutrition (EN) versus total parenteral nutrition (TPN), it …

Weight loss is common among cancer patients, and can be attributed to many causes,
including mucositis, inability to ingest or absorb adequate calories because of a problem …

Malnutrition affects a large part of patients with malignant neoplasm. Proper nutritional
treatment determines the effectiveness and success of therapy in these patients. Given the …