Quality of life assessments in advanced breast cancer: should there be more consistency?

scientific article published on 04 June 2012

Quality of life assessments in advanced breast cancer: should there be more consistency? is …
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P356DOI10.1111/J.1365-2354.2012.01370.X
P698PubMed publication ID22672416

P2093author name stringE Reed
J Hawthorn
I Kössler
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P433issue5
P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P304page(s)565-580
P577publication date2012-06-04
P1433published inEuropean Journal of Cancer CareQ5412710
P1476titleQuality of life assessments in advanced breast cancer: should there be more consistency?
P478volume21

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