The impact of cancer treatment guidelines on actual practice in Italian general hospitals: the case of ovarian cancer.

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Published in Ann Oncol on January 01, 1990

Authors

R Grilli1, A Alexanian, G Apolone, R Fossati, S Marsoni, A Nicolucci, V Torri, P Zola, M Compagnucci, E Di Mambro

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1: Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Clinica, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy.

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