Alternative terminology for the confusing term "palliative nutrition"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Research, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Dutch Dietitian Oncology Group, Tilburg, The Netherlands. Electronic address: s.beijer@iknl.nl.
² Dutch Dietitian Oncology Group, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
³ Research Group Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Dutch Dietitian Oncology Group, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Comment

Sandra Beijer et al. Clin Nutr. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;36(6):1723-1724.

doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2017.09.012. Epub 2017 Sep 23.

¹ Department of Research, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Dutch Dietitian Oncology Group, Tilburg, The Netherlands. Electronic address: s.beijer@iknl.nl.
² Dutch Dietitian Oncology Group, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
³ Research Group Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Dutch Dietitian Oncology Group, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

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Letter to Editor-Reply-Alternative terminology for the confusing term "palliative nutrition".
Bozzetti F. Bozzetti F. Clin Nutr. 2017 Dec;36(6):1740. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2017.09.013. Epub 2017 Sep 28. Clin Nutr. 2017. PMID: 28987468 No abstract available.

The definition of "palliative nutrition" is misleading.
Bozzetti F. Bozzetti F. Clin Nutr. 2017 Oct;36(5):1451. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2017.06.023. Epub 2017 Jul 4. Clin Nutr. 2017. PMID: 28709500 No abstract available.