Puerto Rican Government Offers Support for Country's Cancer Center
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Puerto Rican government offers support for country's cancer center.
Greatly expanding its commitment to cancer research and treatment, the government of Puerto Rico recently earmarked $40 million over the next 5 years for its cancer research infrastructure and another $75 million to build a new cancer research hospital. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is in the process of approving the funding for what will be the Caribbean’s first comprehensive cancer center, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0027-8874,1460-2105
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/96.12.901