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Eric Roeland, MD, on Symptom Management: Expert Perspective

2017 Palliative Care in Oncology Symposium

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Eric Roeland, MD, of the University of California, San Diego, summarizes key papers delivered at the Palliative Care Symposium on managing insomnia, fatigue, nausea, and the ways in which physical therapy and nausea can reduce the side effect burden.



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