title: [Why does the patient with cancer have malnutrition?].
abstract: The effective nursing management of the nutritional needs of patients with carcinoma demands not only knowledge of the causes of malnutrition, but also that the nurse will consider these causes in her planning of nursing interventions.
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: van Wyk
mesh_terms: D000855:Anorexia / Q000503:physiopathology; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins