| abstract |
The invention relates to PUFA, vitamin E, vitamin D and the protein bound amino acids glycine, arginine and tryptophan as active ingredients for use in therapy of cancer patients, wherein an effective amount of said active ingredients is administered in the form of a nutritional composition comprising a) a lipid component providing 40-50 EN% based on the total energy of the nutritional composition, wherein 12-16 EN% based on the total energy of the nutritional composition is provided by PUFA, b) 4.0-8.0 mg/100mL alpha-TE vitamin E, c) 5.0-12.0 µg/100mL vitamin D, d) 2.5-4.5 g/100mL glycine, e) 0.5-1.5 g/100mL arginine, and f) at least 0.02 g/100mL tryptophan. |