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How to identify older patients with cancer who should benefit from comprehensive geriatric assessment?

✍ Scribed by S. Luce; S. De Breucker; Au. Van Gossum; A. Demols; Z. Mekinda; G. Ena; A. Kentos; T. Roumeguère; R. Ghanooni; C. Nouwynck; J-L. Van Laethem; Y. Sokolow; P. Simon; B. Bailly; C. Vervaet; M. Marchand; T. Pepersack

Book ID
119297529
Publisher
Elsevier
Year
2012
Tongue
English
Weight
330 KB
Volume
3
Category
Article
ISSN
1879-4068

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