NaturalNews article discussing chemical extracts from PVC medical feeding tubes and hydration pouches.
Enteral Nutrition Protocols
Enteral nutrition protocols use oral nutrition supplements or feeding tubes into the stomach or small intestine to maintain calories, protein, hydration, and treatment tolerance when cancer or cancer therapy makes ordinary eating inadequate. Overview Enteral nutrition is nutrition delivered through the gastrointestinal tract when a person cannot safely or adequately meet nutrition needs by ordinary eating.
NCI nutrition care source for oncology context, including the need to maintain adequate nutrition and caution around cancer diets that lack evidence.
NaturalNews article discussing glyphosate and specifically mentioning enteral nutrition in seriously ill children with cancer.
NaturalNews article raising concerns about glyphosate contamination in enteral nutritional drink samples.
NaturalNews article discussing glutamine and citing Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition literature.
Practice recommendations for nutrition professionals using blenderized tube feeding.
Cancer Research UK page on tube feeding and drip feeding when patients cannot eat or drink enough.
Cochrane review comparing enteral feeding methods in head and neck cancer patients receiving radiotherapy or chemotherapy.
Patient explanation of NG, PEG, RIG, and jejunostomy feeding in cancer care.
ESPEN guideline specifically addressing oral nutritional supplements and tube feeding in cancer patients.
European clinical nutrition guideline for cancer patients, including malnutrition screening, nutrition support, exercise, cachexia, and artificial nutrition.
ESPEN practical guideline for clinical nutrition in cancer, including oral, enteral, and parenteral support.
ASPEN practice tool summarizing when enteral nutrition should be considered in oncology patients.
NCI patient page explaining nutrition support during cancer, including enteral nutrition through feeding tubes.
Review and recommendations on prophylactic feeding tubes in locally advanced head and neck cancer.
Canadian Cancer Society patient page on tube feeding and IV nutrition during and after cancer treatment.
Tube feeding in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy: A systematic review
Systematic review of tube feeding in head and neck cancer patients receiving chemoradiotherapy.