Background: Cancer that progressively increasing prevalence of, causes malnutrition due to metabolic disorders and treatment side effects. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), gastrojejunostomy and jejunal feeding tube are common applied nutritional support methods. In this our study, we aimed to identify that diagnoses, stages, operation-related laboratory parameters of patients, and to emphasise significance of planning appropriate nutritional support in this patient group as soon as possible.Material and Method: Descriptive analyses were used for the sociodemographic data of 65 cases who underwent surgical nutritional support in Gaziosmanpaşa University Research and Application Hospital between 01. 03.2008 and 01.08.2019. Differences between groups were analysed using the independent sample T Test, and the data of continuous variables were given as mean ± standard deviation. p <0.05 accepted statistically meaningful.Findings: Stomach and head-neck cancers were the most frequent diagnoses, respectively, among patients who supported via surgical feeding methods. While surgical procedures were performed in stage 3-4 in the gastric cancer patient group, procedures were applied in stage 1-2 in the patient group with head and neck cancer. The relationship between low albumin levels (3,3±0,65) and late mortality was statistically meaningful. (p<0,001) Conclusions: Nutritional support methods are frequently performed in the growing cancer patient population. Considering the predictable risk factors in nutritional deficiency and treating in the early period contribute positively to survival.
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