Seminars in Oncology Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 106-112 , May 2007

Clinical Assessment of Symptom Clusters

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 Cheryl Lacasse is supported in part by the following grants: National Cancer Institute Training Grant (R25 CA093831), American Cancer Society Doctoral Scholarship in Cancer Nursing (DSCN-03-200-01-SCN), and John A. Hartford Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Predoctoral Scholarship (04-115).

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doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2007.01.007

Seminars in Oncology Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 106-112 , May 2007

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