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Thomas J Smith1, Patrick J Coyne
1Division of Hematology/ Oncology and Palliative Care, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0230, USA. tsmith@hsc.vcu.edu
The Journal of Supportive Oncology
|September 9, 2004
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