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1Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Purpose Of Review:
This review is intended to summarize previous data on the use of parenteral nutrition in cancer patients to acknowledge recent guidelines on this subject and to suggest a need for further research.
Recent Findings:
Recent guidelines advise against parenteral nutrition in patients with incurable malignancies, although in some situations, patients with locally advanced cancers - not necessarily incurable cancers - might derive some benefit. Further study is indicated to better understand if other subgroups of patients might derive benefit and to understand quality of life issues.
Summary:
Recent guidelines are of value in clinical management but there remains a need to further study the role of parenteral nutrition in cancer patients.
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