How NCCN guidelines can help young adults and older adolescents with cancer and the professionals who care for them

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1065-1071

  Archie, Bleyer ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT DISEASE; ALGORITHM; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK GUIDELINE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866559966     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2012.0112     Document Type: Review

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