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  1. Hematology Division, S. Eugenio Hospital, Piazzale dell’Umanesimo 10, Rome, 00144, Italy

    Andrea Tendas, Pasquale Niscola, Laura Scaramucci, Marco Giovannini, Teresa Dentamaro, Alessio Pio Perrotti & Paolo de Fabritiis

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Tendas, A., Niscola, P., Scaramucci, L. et al. Making quality of life assessment a dashboard for patient management. Support Care Cancer 22, 2311–2312 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-014-2342-9

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