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| Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,267 Likes: 1 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,267 Likes: 1 | Look up the studies done by medical professionals at various hospitals or study groups. It’s not new, probably several years old. It’s not to say no one will get a feeding tube, but for some it’s to try to get through treatment without one. Basically it’s up to the individual doctor or hospital, and patient and area of cancer and willingness to get a tube or not. They have said those that did without a feeding tube recovered their swallowing faster and relied less long term on using one.
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