title: [Chemotherapy and enteral nutrition in stomach cancer].
abstract: Malnutrition is a frequent problem in cancer patients. About 45% of them lose more than 10% of their original weight at the various stages of their disease. The importance of nutritional support was repeatedly pointed out. In our study, 10 patients with metastatic gastrointestinal cancer received a combination treatment of long-term tube feeding with elemental diets and chemotherapy. The initially low Karnofsky index improved significantly. The results of the chemotherapy are comparable to those of 9 international studies between 1976 and 1979, using a comparable therapeutic scheme in patients with initially higher Karnofsky index. Ingestion-dependent abdominal pain disappeared in responders and non-responders during the time of tube feeding.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002330:Carmustine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D008937:Mitomycins; D016685:Mitomycin; D014750:Vincristine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D005472:Fluorouracil; D002330:Carmustine
vernacular_title: Chemotherapie und enterale Ernährung beim Magenkarzinom.