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Chapter 22 - Optimizing functional status in older adults with cancer

from Part 4 - Symptom management and supportive care of older adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2011

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Gijsberta Van Londen  and
Stephanie Studenski
Edited by
Arti Hurria  and
Harvey Jay Cohen
Arti Hurria
Affiliation:
City of Hope Cancer Center, California
Harvey Jay Cohen
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, Durham
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Practical Geriatric Oncology , pp. 312 - 322
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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