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. 2010 Nov 15;24(12):1114, 1118, 1120.

Youth has no age: cancer treatment for older Americans

Channing J Paller  1 , Charles M Rudin
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Youth has no age: cancer treatment for older Americans

Channing J Paller et al. Oncology (Williston Park). .
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