Trends of Earlier Palliative Care Consultation in Advanced Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Radiation Therapy
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0885-3924
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.05.024