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Curr Oncol Rep. 2011 Apr;13(2):90-1. doi: 10.1007/s11912-010-0148-6.

Commentary: Implications of cancer managed as a "chronic illness".

Current oncology reports

Maurie Markman

Affiliations

  1. Cancer Treatment Centers of America, 1331 East Wyoming Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19124, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 21221861 DOI: 10.1007/s11912-010-0148-6

Abstract

In an increasing number of settings it is appropriate to consider cancer as a very serious but also a chronic disease process. This commentary discusses a number of highly clinically relevant implications of this important evolution in the management of malignancies.

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