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A letter to the editor referencing “Objective and subjective financial burden and its associations with health-related quality of life among lung cancer patients”

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  1. Social and Administrative Sciences Division, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy, 777 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705-2222, USA

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Park, J. A letter to the editor referencing “Objective and subjective financial burden and its associations with health-related quality of life among lung cancer patients”. Support Care Cancer 27, 329–330 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-018-4267-1

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