Nutritional Support for Patients with Pancreatic Cancer
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Nutritional and pharmacologic support in patients with pancreatic cancer.
UNLABELLED The aim of our study was to assess whether the influence of nutritional support, consisting of counseling, enteral liquids support and pharmacologic support, can slow down weight loss and whether the change in weight has the impact on the performance status in our patients. In our study 44 patients with pancreatic cancer were included--26 males (mean age 69 years +/- 2.4 years) and 1...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1598-9992,2233-6869
DOI: 10.4166/kjg.2019.74.2.87