Specialists Help Cancer Survivors Face Unexpected Challenges
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Young-adult cancer survivors face unique challenges.
Sixteen years ago, while washing her hair, Anne Willis found a bump on the back of her head. She didn’t think much of it because her parents had a history of sebaceous cysts. Still, she visited her family doctor and dermatologist, who concurred: It was nothing serious. A few months later, as she prepared to leave the same dermatologist’s office for an unrelated issue, the doctor suddenly called...
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عنوان ژورنال: JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0027-8874,1460-2105
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.8.566