Home parenteral nutrition (HTPN) for incurable patients with cancer with gastrointestinal obstruction: Do the benefits outweigh the risks?

Medical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-88

  Chermesh, Irit ^a   Mashiach, Tania ^b   Amit, Amnon ^c   Haim, Nissim ^d   Papier, Irina ^e   Efergan, Ruthi ^e   Lachter, Jesse ^a   Eliakim, Rami ^a  

^a Gastroenterology Department   (Israel)

^b Quality Assurance Unit   (Israel)

^c Rambam Health Care Campus   (Israel)

^d Rambam Health Care Campus   (Israel)

^e Rambam Health Care Campus   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer; Gastrointestinal (GI) obstruction; Home total parenteral nutrition (HTPN); Incurable cancer; Nutrition; Quality of life (QOL)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CACHEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, HOME; SURVIVAL RATE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79952250316     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-010-9426-2     Document Type: Article

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