PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2018, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (4): 381-384.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2018.04.020

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Application and prospect of nutritional support in advanced cancer patients

WU Qirun,LUO Ting,WANG Peng,XU Ke   

  1. Department of Radiology,The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University,Shenyang 110001,China
  • Received:2018-01-25 Online:2018-08-20 Published:2018-09-06

Abstract: The nutritional status of advanced cancer patients with advanced tumors is related to the quality of life,prognosis,and psychological status of cancer patients,and their reasonable nutritional support has been widely recognized.At present,nutrition support methods are mainly divided into enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition.However,all kinds of nutrition support methods have their advantages and disadvantages.There is no clear conclusion on how to choose clinically.This article provides a briefly review of the current major types of nutritional support in order to provide advice and guidance for nutritional support for patients with advanced cancer.

Key words: Advanced tumors, Nutritional support, Enteral nutrition, Parenteral nutrition

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