Early cardiovascular death in patients with cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1572-1573

  Voskoboynik, Mark ^a   Urban, Damien ^a   Mileshkin, Linda ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART DEATH; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84867599580     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1209012     Document Type: Letter

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