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Published in Ann Intern Med on August 05, 2008

Authors

Andrew J Vickers1, Ethan Basch, Michael W Kattan

Author Affiliations

1: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA. vickersa@mskcc.org

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