Intersection of Cardiology and Oncology Clinical Practices
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Intersection of Cardiology and Oncology Clinical Practices
INTRODUCTION Globally, cancer is diagnosed in approximately 13 million people each year. Approximately 1.6 million cancer patients are seen by cancer clinics across the United States (US) at this time. Over the next two decades, cancer incidence is estimated to increase by approximately 45% to 2.3 million (1). In the US, the 5-year relative survival rate of patients diagnosed with cancer in 197...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Oncology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2234-943X
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2014.00259