The role of palliative care in the last month of life in elderly cancer patients.

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Published in Support Care Cancer on October 13, 2016

Authors

Tarek Assi1, Elie El Rassy2, Tony Ibrahim2, Tania Moussa2, Aline Tohme3, Fadi El Karak2, Fadi Farhat2, Salma Faddoul2, Marwan Ghosn2, Joseph Kattan2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Hematology-Oncology, Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon. tarekassi@gmail.com.
2: Department of Hematology-Oncology, Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.
3: Department of Palliative Care, Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.

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