Multimodal Interventions in Patients with Cancer with and without Cachexia

Publication Date: 27 January 2021

Presenter(s): Martin Chasen, MBChB, FCP, MPhil

Location: Brampton, Ontario, CA

In this 21-minute episode, Martin Chasen, MBChB, FCP, MPhil, talks about multimodal intervention and why it's beneficial for patients with cancer; summarizes existing clinical practice guidelines that promote and use multimodal intervention; and describes the role patients can play in their multimodal therapy during cancer care.

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Presenter Bio(s):

Martin R Chasen, MBChB, FCP (South Africa), MPhil (Palliative Medicine)

Associate Professor Department of Medicine
University of Toronto Medical Director
Palliative Care, William Osler Health System Brampton and Etobicoke
Ontario, Canada

Dr Martin R Chasen is an associate clinical professor in the Departments of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine at University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, and the medical director of palliative care at William Osler Health System in Brampton and Etobicoke, Ontario. He obtained a specialist degree in internal medicine, medical oncology and Palliative care from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He currently holds professorships at the Universities of Toronto, McMaster, Ottawa, and McGill in Canada. Dr Chasen was the medical lead for both Ottawa and Brampton, Ontario, when these sites received European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) accreditation as a designated site for integrated oncology and palliative care. He is the national principal investigator on a CIHR grant, The MENAC trail Multimodal Intervention for Cachexia in Advanced Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy. Dr Chasen has authored/coauthored more than 110 peer-reviewed publications, abstracts, and book chapters.

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