Not Just Another App: Realizing the Potential of Mobile Healthcare Applications to Promote Adherence to Oral Cancer Therapy Medications

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Disclosure: The author has disclosed that she has no financial interests, arrangements, or affiliations with the manufacturers of any products discussed in this article or their competitors.

Correspondence: Kuang-Yi Wen, PhD, Division of Population Science, Department of Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, 834 Chestnut Street, Suite 314, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Email: Kuang-Yi.Wen@jefferson.edu

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