Reply to H.O. Al-Shamsi et al

Brooke E Wilson1, Kristin Wright1, Christopher M Booth1

  • 1Brooke E. Wilson, MBBS, MSc, BSc, FRACP Department of Oncology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada, Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology, Queen's Cancer Research Institute, Kingston, ON, Canada and School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Kristin Wright, MD Department of Oncology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada and Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology, Queen's Cancer Research Institute, Kingston, ON, Canada and Christopher M. Booth, MD Department of Oncology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada and Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology, Queen's Cancer Research Institute, Kingston, ON, Canada.

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