Nutritional Support in the Chemotherapy of Young Breast Cancer Patients (1983)

Title:

Nutritional Support in the Chemotherapy of Young Breast Cancer Patients

Key words:

chemotherapy, intravenous nutritional feeding

Research Institution:

Harvard University

Location:

Massachusetts

Researcher:

Douglas W Wilmore

Project Description:

Dr. Wilmore studied, in young breast cancer patients undergoing intensive chemotherapy and bone marrow infusions, how intravenous nutritional feeding affects the functioning of the kidneys, lungs, heart, blood system, liver, and gastrointestinal tract, in the hope that specific nutritional benefits could be identified and pursued.