Opinions about a feeding differ with doctors, and even patients. If you already lost 5 percent of your body weight unintentionally at diagnosis or expected loose that during treatment, one may be recommended. It should be done before treatment to reduce risk of infection since if one is needed during treatment, your immune system is lowered and increases the risk of infection, and treatment may be ceased to have it surgically placed. A peg-tube or J-tube is surgically placed, but a nasal tube can be placed when needed, but some complain it is a discomfort. I had two peg tubes.

Chemo treatments are usually infused. A port-a-cath is a central venous line to infuse the chemo, instead of getting a venous line placed each time, and saves the veins from the chemo burning them up, to take blood, and deliver other meds. This too needs to be surgically placed below the colar bone under the skin near the shoulder. I had mine for three years, but is usually taken out when no more treatment is expected due to increaed risk of infection, and sterile methods are used when and after accessing. Some get a pic-line, which usually goes in the upper arm for infusions, instead.