Each year, some 100,000 cancer patients die from malnutrition in German hospitals - a little-known statistic. They end up starving to death following surgery on the stomach, colon or pancreas, because their bodies can no longer absorb enough nutrients from the food they eat.<br />Read more: http://www.dw.com/en/tomorrow-today-the-science-magazine-2015-07-19/e-18552682-9798
