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Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition in Cancer Patients: An Overview

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Diet and nutrient factors act as pro- and antitumor risk modifiers across the entire complex process of tumorigenesis. Among all the recognized oncogens, diet is one of the modifiable risk factors. Patients with malignancy are most likely to suffer from malnutrition. The mechanisms of malnutrition in this setting are multifactorial. Nutrition screening is an important component of nutrition therapy, and total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and enteral nutrition (EN) may help in preventing further deterioration of nutritional state and sometimes improve metabolic indices in cancer patients.

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Abbreviations

CCS:

Cancer cachexia syndrome

EN:

Enteral nutrition

NRI:

Nutrition Risk Index

PG-SGA:

Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment

PN:

Parenteral nutrition

SGA:

Subjective Global Assessment

TPN:

Total parenteral nutrition

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  1. Department of Hematology Oncology, Brooklyn Hospital Center, 240 Willoughby Street, suit 5 D, 11201, Brooklyn, NY, USA

    Avani Changela

  2. The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Long Island University, 121 DeKalb Avenue, 11201, Brooklyn, NY, USA

    Evangelia Davanos

  3. Division Of Internal Medicine, Our Lady Of Lourdes Medical Center, 1600 Haddon Avenue, 08013, Camden, NJ, USA

    Hemangkumar Javaiya

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  1. Royal Free London Hospitals, Barnet General Hospital, London, UK

    Rajkumar Rajendram

  2. Division of Diabetes & Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK

    Rajkumar Rajendram

  3. King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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  4. Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Division of Diabetes & Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK

    Victor R. Preedy

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Changela, A., Davanos, E., Javaiya, H. (2015). Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition in Cancer Patients: An Overview. In: Rajendram, R., Preedy, V.R., Patel, V.B. (eds) Diet and Nutrition in Critical Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7836-2_41

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