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    François Vincent, Soufia Ayed, Abdelaziz Bouguerba, Sondes Yaacoubi & Caroline Bornstain

  2. Mobile Palliative Care Unit, Groupe Hospitalier Intercommunal Le-Raincy Montfermeil, Montfermeil, France

    Laurent Chapuis

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Vincent, F., Chapuis, L., Ayed, S. et al. Palliative care should be extended to the intensive care unit cancer patients. Support Care Cancer 25, 2365–2366 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-017-3669-9

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