title: [Total parenteral nutrition in cancer patients].
abstract: The authors analyse the results obtained in a study of 28 cancer patients managed with total parenteral nutrition (TPN) for a period variant from 5 to 19 days. The results fully justify the usefulness of the TPN in cancer patients before the treatment against the cancer.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004067:Digestive System Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000009:adverse effects; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: La nutrizione parenterale totale nel paziente neoplastico.