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Chapter 11 - Communication Tips for Delivering Bad News

from Part 2 - Pain and Palliative Care in the Emergency Department

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2023

Monica Kathleen Wattana
Monica Kathleen Wattana
Affiliation:
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Provides an overview of the categories of cancer treatment modalities consisting of chemotherapy, stem cell transplant, hormone, immunotherapy, radiation, targeted cell therapy

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chemotherapystem cell transplanthormoneimmunotherapyradiationtargeted cell therapy
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Pocket Guide to Oncologic Emergencies , pp. 35 - 38
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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