"I am older, not elderly," said the patient with acute myeloid leukemia

Editorial

Charles A Schiffer. J Clin Oncol. 2010.

. 2010 Feb 1;28(4):521-3.

doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.25.8616. Epub 2009 Dec 21.

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