Oncology education for internal medicine residents: a call for action!

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Editorial

T Younis et al. Curr Oncol. 2018 Jun.

. 2018 Jun;25(3):189-190.

doi: 10.3747/co.25.4046. Epub 2018 Jun 28.

T Younis^{1

2}, B Colwell^{1

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Oncology education for Canadian internal medicine residents: the value of participating in a medical oncology elective rotation.
Nixon NA, Lim H, Elser C, Ko YJ, Lee-Ying R, Tam VC. Nixon NA, et al. Curr Oncol. 2018 Jun;25(3):213-218. doi: 10.3747/co.25.3934. Epub 2018 Jun 28. Curr Oncol. 2018. PMID: 29962839 Free PMC article.

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