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Editorial
. 2007 Feb 24;334(7590):376.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39128.449317.BE.

Prescribing oral chemotherapy

Sandeep D Parsad, Mark J Ratain
Editorial

Prescribing oral chemotherapy

Sandeep D Parsad et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Standardised dosing can improve the safety of prescribing

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Provenance and peer review: Commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.

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