Drug may combat weight loss during radiation treatments
22nd Nov 2005, 15:00 GMT
A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues shows that a drug originally used to treat breast cancer may help combat the severe weight loss that can plague patients undergoing radiation treatment for lung and head and neck cancer.
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