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Article: Research from Army provides new data about head and neck cancer.(Clinical report)
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- August 25, 2009
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According to recent research from the United States, "Immune-modulating nutrition (IMN) support before and after surgery has the potential to promote host defense, antitumor activities, and wound healing. The purpose of this study was to examine the nutritional, immunologic, and wound healing outcomes in patients receiving IMN versus standard formula."
"A prospective, blinded, randomized design was used for this study. Fifteen patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma received either an IMN formula (treatment group) or a standard stress formula (relative comparison group [RCG]) for a period of 7 days pre- and postoperatively. Albumin and prealbumin were ...