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Editorial
. 2018 Apr;7(Suppl 2):S149-S152.
doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2018.03.10.

Quality of life for non-small cell lung cancer patients in the age of immunotherapy

Robert A Ramirez  1 , Jonathan Lu  1 , Katharine E H Thomas  1
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Editorial

Quality of life for non-small cell lung cancer patients in the age of immunotherapy

Robert A Ramirez et al. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2018 Apr.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: Dr. RA Ramirez serves as a speaker for Guardant Health, Merck & Co., Inc., Genentech, Inc., AstraZeneca, and Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. He is also a consultant for Biotheranostics, Advanced Accelerator Applications, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Corp. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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