Malnutrition often overlooked in advanced cancer: TPN helps cancer patients get back on track
(WorldNews Japan)

Three months ago, Bill Paulk was `knocking on death`s door.` Not due to his stage IV duodenal (small intestine) cancer, but because he was severely malnourished. Anne Marie Singerman, while battling stage IV endometrial cancer, couldn`t keep food down and lost so much weight she couldn`t get out of bed without having the room spin around her. Now on intravenous total parenteral nutrition (IV TPN) managed by Option Care Health, both say they have their lives back. They learned that it`s often not the cancer or even the treatment that causes the most severe problems. It`s malnutrition. In the fall of 2018, Bill, of Dallas, was committed to losing weight. At age 47, 5`10` and 220 pounds, he...