[Nutritional support and nursing care of cancer patients].
ZHONGHUA HU LI ZA ZHI = CHINESE JOURNAL OF NURSING 1996;
31:497-9. [PMID:
9295510]
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Abstract
The reasons for poor appetite and nutritional disorder in cancer patients were analyzed in this study. It is concluded that special emphasis should be put on nutritional support by both doctors and patients as early as possible. Clinical practices evidence showed that through parenteral or enteral nutrition supporting according to the patients' condition, not only enhance the patients' endurance to antineoplastic therapy but also improve their quality of life.
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