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. 2011 May;7(3):178-82.
doi: 10.1200/JOP.2010.000175.

National cancer institute conference on treating tobacco dependence at cancer centers

Glen Morgan  1 , Robert A Schnoll, Catherine M Alfano, Sarah E Evans, Adam Goldstein, Jamie Ostroff, Elyse Richelle Park, Linda Sarna, Lisa Sanderson Cox
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National cancer institute conference on treating tobacco dependence at cancer centers

Glen Morgan et al. J Oncol Pract. 2011 May.

Abstract

The National Cancer Institute cancer centers possess the credibility to help smokers quit. With the greater life expectancies forecast for patients with cancer, addressing smoking at cancer centers has taken on greater importance.

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