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Functioning and health in patients with cancer on home-parenteral nutrition: a qualitative study

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is a common problem in patients with cancer. One possible strategy to prevent malnutrition and further deterioration is to administer home-parenteral nutrition (HPN). While the effect on survival is still not clear, HPN presumably improves functioning and quality of life. Th...

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Autores principales: Mueller, Martin, Lohmann, Stefanie, Thul, Paul, Weimann, Arved, Grill, Eva
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20398396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-8-41