ABSTRACT
Corticosteroids are widely used in the practice of palliative care for a variety of reasons. They are useful in decreasing peritumoral edema associated with brain tumors, (Kaal and Vecht 2004) bowel obstructions (Laval et al. 2000), spinal cord compressions (Vecht et al. 1989), superior vena cava syndrome (Rowell and Gleeson 2001), and dyspnea (Bruera and Neumann 1998). They
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