Achieving better therapeutic results by education and telephone counseling for lung cancer patients undergoing scheduled chemotherapy regiments

S. Karagiannis, V. Kouranos, E. G. Tsaroucha, M. Palavra, S. Spyropoulou, O. Anagnostopoulou (Athens, Greece)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Palliation and morbidity in lung cancer patients
Session: Palliation and morbidity in lung cancer patients
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2775

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