Sensitivity and Specificity of the Distress Thermometer in Screening for Distress in Long-Term Nasopharyngeal Cancer Survivors
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Distress Thermometer in Long-term Npc Patients
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Oncology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1718-7729
DOI: 10.3747/co.20.1617