Palliative therapies in elderly cancer patients

scientific article published on March 1995

Palliative therapies in elderly cancer patients is …
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P6179Dimensions Publication ID1049289438
P356DOI10.2165/00002512-199506030-00003
P698PubMed publication ID7542508

P2093author name stringD Platt
F Porzsolt
J Zeeh
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P433issue3
P304page(s)192-209
P577publication date1995-03-01
P1433published inDrugs & AgingQ5308946
P1476titlePalliative therapies in elderly cancer patients
P478volume6

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