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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 362.196994 EAN: 9780309095952 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0309095956 Label: National Academies Press Manufacturer: National Academies Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 536 Publication Date: October 31, 2005 Publisher: National Academies Press Studio: National Academies Press Related Items:
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 Rating: - Symposium ReviewThis is an editted transcipt of a Symposium. For the interested audience, it is quite good and reviews the current issues relating to the transition from active treatment of a malignancy to survivorship and follow up. Recommended. 
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