Striving for full disclosure-An intergenerational challenge

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Hanny Al-Samkari. Cancer. 2020.

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. 2020 Mar 15;126(6):1150-1151.

doi: 10.1002/cncr.32636. Epub 2019 Nov 27.

¹ Division of Hematology Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Keywords: disclosure; honesty; oncology; patient autonomy; prognosis; transparency.

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