Palliative care and oncology: Growing better together

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-171

  Byock, Ira ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CAREGIVER; EDITORIAL; HOSPICE CARE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NOTE; ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL;

CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 58249091535     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.2671     Document Type: Editorial

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