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Eric Roeland, MD: Toward Better Treatment for Cachexia

2015 Palliative Care in Oncology Symposium

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Given the challenges of recruiting patients for palliative care studies, Eric Roeland, MD, of the University of California, San Diego, discusses a way to increase the participation of those with cachexia, with the hope of improving treatment (Abstract 67).



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