Is Parenteral Nutrition a Good Option for Cancer Patients?

Parenteral nutrition didn't just fail to provide any benefit to these patients, it caused harm. Oral nutrition interventions in malnourished patients with cancer found no survival advantage. The knee jerk reaction of many oncologists to the idea of cancer patients fasting is the concern they're not eating enough already. But you don't know until you put it to the test, which we'll explore next.