Follow-up care after breast cancer treatment: experiences and perceptions of service provision and provider interactions in rural Australian women.

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Published in Support Care Cancer on November 16, 2010

Authors

Sheleigh Lawler1, Kym Spathonis, Jane Masters, Jon Adams, Elizabeth Eakin

Author Affiliations

1: School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia. s.lawler@uq.edu.au

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