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  1. The Brown School/Institute for Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 1196, Brown Hall, Room 215, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA

    Jason Q. Purnell

  2. Departments of Radiation Oncology & Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 704, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA

    Karen Mustian

  3. Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, 109 Haggar Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA

    Pascal Jean-Pierre

  4. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Oxana Palesh

  5. Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Valdosta State University, 1500 N. Patterson St., Valdosta, GA, 31698, USA

    Luke J. Peppone & Tom V. Darling

  6. Department of Medical Hematology/Oncology, USA, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA

    Supriya G. Mohile

  7. Departments of Radiation Oncology & Psychiatry, DirectorUniversity of Rochester Cancer Center Community Clinical Oncology Program Research Base, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA

    Gary R. Morrow

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Purnell, J.Q. et al. (2014). The Psychosocial and Functional Impact of Radiation Therapy. In: Rubin, P., Constine, L., Marks, L. (eds) ALERT - Adverse Late Effects of Cancer Treatment. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72314-1_17

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