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Nutritional repletion after major gut excision

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Clinical Management of Gastrointestinal Cancer

Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research ((CTAR,volume 18))

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Abstract

Because of the intimate relationship between alimentary tract function and nutrition, it is obvious that any disease process, including malignancies, which results in resection, abnormal continuity or by-pass of any part of that tract, may interfere with normal function. Such changes in turn have the potential for deleterious effects on nutritional status. Gastrointestinal malignancies are among the more common types of tumors with gastric, pancreatic and colon and rectal carcinomas occurring among the 10 most frequent primary sites in the United States [1]. In addition, the liver is a major target for metastases.

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Shils, M.E. (1984). Nutritional repletion after major gut excision. In: Decosse, J.J., Sherlock, P. (eds) Clinical Management of Gastrointestinal Cancer. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 18. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2833-9_12

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