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. 2008 Jul;4(4):190-2.
doi: 10.1200/JOP.0846001.

Geriatric oncology: past, present, future

Arati V Rao  1 , Arti Hurria, Gretchen Kimmick, Sandro Pinheiro, Pearl H Seo
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Geriatric oncology: past, present, future

Arati V Rao et al. J Oncol Pract. 2008 Jul.

Abstract

Efforts to integrate geriatric oncology principles in the training of all medical oncologists are underway.

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