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Lifting symptom burden—how far off the ground are we?

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Davis, M.P., Kirkova, J. Lifting symptom burden—how far off the ground are we?. Support Care Cancer 16, 757–761 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-007-0401-1

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