title: Thalidomide in patients with cachexia due to terminal cancer: preliminary report.
authors.affiliation: Division of Palliative Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bruera
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pituskin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Calder
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hanson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001066:Appetite / Q000187:drug effects; D002100:Cachexia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods; D013792:Thalidomide / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D013792:Thalidomide