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Acknowlegements

The authors thank the following for their support of the Department and/or the development of the manuscript: Anna Scholl; Angela Jenkins; Lauren Giamberadino, MHA; Lauren Krotz, MHA; Matt Flores; Wael Lasheen, MD; Donnita Buise; Latoya Spencer, MSN; Chasse Bailey-Dorton, MD; Alicia Romeo, MD; Patrick Meadors, PhD; Sarah Mullan, MS, OTR/L; Tom Rapisardo, MD; Rebecca Edwards, APP; Omar Shafey, PhD, MPH; Joseph Bauer, PhD, Kevin Plate, MBA; Derek Raghavan, MD; the Hemby Family Foundation; the 24 Foundation; and the SherryStrong Foundation.

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  1. Department of Supportive Oncology, Levine Cancer Institute, Atrium Health, 1021 Morehead Medical Drive, Suite 70100, Charlotte, NC, 28204, USA

    Beth York, Declan Walsh, William Moore, Susan Yaguda, Armida Parala-Metz, Vishwa S. Raj, Michele Szafranski & Jake Waldman

  2. The Hemby Family Endowed Chair in Supportive Oncology, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, USA

    Declan Walsh

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Project conceptualization: Declan Walsh, Beth York; manuscript draft: Beth York, Declan Walsh, William Moore, Susan Yaguda, Armida Parala-Metz, Vishwa Raj, Michele Szafranski, Jake Waldman. All authors contributed to the writing, review, editing, and approval of the final manuscript

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York, B., Walsh, D., Moore, W. et al. Supportive oncology in a cancer center: development of a novel department (2017–2021). Support Care Cancer 31, 692 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-023-08110-w

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