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Eduardo Bruera, MD, on Cachexia Assessment and Management State of the Art

2015 Palliative Care in Oncology Symposium

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Eduardo Bruera, MD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses exciting developments in the assessment and management of cachexia, as well as a number of emerging pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions (Abstract 67).



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