Exploring the malnutrition status and impact of total parenteral nutrition on the outcome of patients with advanced stage ovarian cancer

Abstract Background Ovarian cancer is a common cancer type in women and is often associated with onset of malnutrition. Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) is a nutritional intervention method that has been reported to have controversial effect on cancer patients. In the present retrospective study, we...

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Main Authors: Xin Yan, Sanyuan Zhang, Junmei Jia, Jiaolin Yang, Yilai Song, Haoran Duan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08537-6