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Paliatívna medicína a liečba bolesti 3/2008
Enteral nutrition in patients with cancer
Cardiovascular and oncological diseases are in our geographical conditions the main causes of high mortality and morbidity, which reduce the average life span of our population. Appropriate nutrition play importatnt role of prevention oncological diseases. But in the treatment the place of nutrition is forgett. Surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the basic treatment methods in oncological patients. The authors provides review about current enteral nutrition in the cancer therapy.
Keywords: enteral nutrition, cancer therapy.
