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  1. Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid, 44195, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Maurie Markman

  2. Department of Hematology/Medical Oncology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid, 44195, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Maurie Markman

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Markman, M. Cancer survival and the mind. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 120, 443–444 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01191796

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