A patient has esophageal cancer


A patient has esophageal cancer and must have a feeding tube inserted. The nurse tells the patient that the tube will be inserted surgically into the duodenum. The wife asks why the tube will not be inserted into the stomach directly. What should the nurse say?

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Biology: A patient has esophageal cancer
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