Is Cancer Cachexia a relevant topic in the overall scenario of cancer care?
Interview with Egidio Del Fabbro, MD, Director Palliative Care Program, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Jose M. Garcia
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine.
Egidio Del Fabbro, M.D., is a physician and scientist with specific clinical and research interests in cancer-related fatigue and cachexia. He directs a robust research program with a history of peer-reviewed funding, and he is the senior editor of the Oxford University textbook 'Nutrition and the Cancer Patient'. Del Fabbro received his medical degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University in St. Louis and his fellowship in palliative care at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
