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ASO Author Reflections: Palliative Interventions in Cancer Care Within the Last Year of Life: Unnecessary or Underutilized?

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This work was supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Research and Development, and the Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (CIN 13-413).

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  1. Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Vivi W. Chen MD

  2. Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Vivi W. Chen MD

  3. Surgical and Perioperative Care, Atlanta VA Health Care System, Decatur, GA, USA

    Nader N. Massarweh MD, MPH

  4. Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Nader N. Massarweh MD, MPH

  5. Department of Surgery, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Nader N. Massarweh MD, MPH

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Chen, V.W., Massarweh, N.N. ASO Author Reflections: Palliative Interventions in Cancer Care Within the Last Year of Life: Unnecessary or Underutilized?. Ann Surg Oncol 29, 7293–7294 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-022-12344-z

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