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. 1999 Feb 13;318(7181):456-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.318.7181.456.

Perspectives of commissioners and cancer specialists in prioritising new cancer drugs: impact of the evidence threshold

R Foy  1 , J So, E Rous, J H Scarffe
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Perspectives of commissioners and cancer specialists in prioritising new cancer drugs: impact of the evidence threshold

R Foy et al. BMJ. .
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