Impact of Home Parenteral Nutrition on Quality of Life in Cancer Patients: Don't Throw the Baby Out With the Bath Water
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Open Access
- 10 January 2021
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Oncologist
- Vol. 26 (3) , e516-e517
Abstract
This letter to the editor remarks on the recent article by Bouleuc et al. and considers the controversial question of whether home parenteral nutrition may have an impact on quality of life in patients with advanced cancer.Keywords
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