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Comment
. 2021 Mar;26(3):e519-e520.
doi: 10.1002/onco.13672. Epub 2021 Feb 1.

In Reply: Randomized Studies Are Needed to Improve Knowledge of Nutritional Interventions for Advanced Cancer Patients

Carole Bouleuc  1 , Timothée Marchal  1 , Gisèle Chvetzoff  2 , Bruno Raynard  3 , Antoine Thiery-Vuillemin  4 , Régis Aubry  5
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In Reply: Randomized Studies Are Needed to Improve Knowledge of Nutritional Interventions for Advanced Cancer Patients

Carole Bouleuc et al. Oncologist. 2021 Mar.

Abstract

This letter to the editor continues a discussion about parenteral nutrition for patients with advanced cancer and calls for future randomized studies assessing both enteral and parenteral nutrition.

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