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Rachel Lynn Yung, MD, on Weight-Loss Intervention in Obese Survivors

2016 Cancer Survivorship Symposium

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Rachel Lynn Yung, MD, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses her study of a clinic-based intervention for overweight cancer survivors, which resulted in weight loss and improvements in fitness and physical functioning (Abstract 167).



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