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Editorial
. 2022 Feb 1;128(3):447-448.
doi: 10.1002/cncr.33955. Epub 2021 Oct 5.

Let's ask the patient: Self-reported quality-of-life measures help to predict kidney cancer mortality

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Let's ask the patient: Self-reported quality-of-life measures help to predict kidney cancer mortality

Behnam Nabavizadeh et al. Cancer. .
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Keywords: literacy; mortality; physical health; quality of life; renal cell carcinoma.

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