NCCN task force report: Supportive and palliative care

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 13, Issue 11 A, 1999, Pages 517-522

  Levy, Michael H ^a,b  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0006222653     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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