Measuring quality of life in cancer patients.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on July 01, 1989

Authors

K Donovan1, R W Sanson-Fisher, S Redman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

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