Eduardo Bruera, MD, on Cachexia Assessment and Management State of the Art
2015 Palliative Care in Oncology SymposiumEduardo 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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