Seminars in Oncology Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 208-217 , August 2008

Ensuring Quality Care for Cancer Survivors: Implementing the Survivorship Care Plan

  • Patricia A. Ganz

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Patricia A. Ganz, MD, UCLA-LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of Excellence, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, 650 Charles Young Dr. South, Room A2-125 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6900
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  • Jacqueline Casillas
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  • Erin E. Hahn

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 Work related to this publication was supported in part by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the Lance Armstrong Foundation, and an American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professorship (P.A.G.).

PII: S0749-2081(08)00033-8

doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2008.05.009

Seminars in Oncology Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 208-217 , August 2008

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