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Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 47-50 , July 2010

Cancer as a chronic disease

  • Jane Louise Phillips, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Cunningham Centre for Palliative Care and The University of Notre Dame Australia, PO Box 944, Broadway, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 0457 507 222/041 1100 617; fax: +61 2 8382 9518.
  • ,
  • David C. Currow, MPH, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University, Daw Park, South Australia, Australia

Received 23 April 2010 ,Accepted 26 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2010.04.007

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Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 47-50 , July 2010