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Palliative care 🩺 Dad 👶🏻 Gomez 🐶 Music 🎵 Guinea pigs 🐹 Personal account Threads 🧵to encourage discussion. “Be a voice of comfort in the silence of pain”

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Cancer cachexia in palliative care A Thread 🧵 The term Cachexia originates from the Greek words Kakos and Hexis and translates to “bad physical state” It is estimated to be the direct cause of death in up to 20% of cancer patients.