Cancer Disparities for People With Disabilities: Bridging the Gap

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Dikaios Sakellariou
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Volume 18: Issue 8
Online Publication Date:
Aug 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.6004/jnccn.2020.7614
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Disclosures: The authors have disclosed that they have no financial interests, arrangements, affiliations, or commercial interests with the manufacturers of any products discussed in this article or their competitors.

Correspondence: Dikaios Sakellariou, PhD, Cardiff University, School of Healthcare Sciences Eastgate House, Newport Road 35-43, Cardiff, CF24 0AB, UK. Email: sakellarioud@cardiff.ac.uk

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Copyright © 2020 by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2020
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Print Publication Date:
01 Aug 2020
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