Thalidomide in patients with cachexia due to terminal cancer: preliminary report

Ann Oncol. 1999 Jul;10(7):857-9. doi: 10.1023/a:1008329821941.

Authors

E Bruera¹, C M Neumann, E Pituskin, K Calder, G Ball, J Hanson

Affiliation

¹ Division of Palliative Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Canada.

PMID: 10470435
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008329821941

No abstract available

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Appetite / drug effects
Cachexia / drug therapy*
Cachexia / etiology*
Female
Humans
Hypnotics and Sedatives / adverse effects
Hypnotics and Sedatives / therapeutic use*
Male
Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasms / complications*
Pilot Projects
Terminal Care / methods
Thalidomide / adverse effects
Thalidomide / therapeutic use*

Substances

Hypnotics and Sedatives
Thalidomide