Breathlessness-inducing exercise in advanced cancer populations. Which measures to use as functional status declines?

David Currow (Daw Park, Australia), Kahren White, Meera Agar, David Currow

Source: International Congress 2016 – Quality management and quality of life in lung cancer
Session: Quality management and quality of life in lung cancer
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 3070
Disease area: Airway diseases

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David Currow (Daw Park, Australia), Kahren White, Meera Agar, David Currow. Breathlessness-inducing exercise in advanced cancer populations. Which measures to use as functional status declines?. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, 3070

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