Should patients with advanced, incurable cancers ever be sent home with total parenteral nutrition?
Should patients with advanced, incurable cancers ever be sent home with total parenteral nutrition?
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患有晚期、无法治愈的癌症的患者是否应该接受全肠外营养送回家？
作者：
D. Hoda;A. Jatoi;J. Burnes;C. Loprinzi;D. Kelly
Home total parenteral nutrition (TPN) can be lifesaving and life sustaining for some patients. However, in patients with advanced, incurable cancer, its role is controversial. A retrospective study was conducted to explore whether home TPN was associated with long‐term survival (≥ 1 year) in patients with metastatic disease and to identify predictive factors to enable its judicious use.
