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Cancer and AIDS as a Model for the Study of Quality of Life

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Cancer is often a debilitating and painful example of an archetypal chronic illness. Its spontaneous evolution and its treatments are well known to substantially affect the personal, family and social life of the patient. This fact explains the significant development in the measures taken to integrate Quality of Life into the treatment of cancer.

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  1. Hospital Paul Brousse, 14. av. Paul Vaillant Couturier, 94807, Villejuif Cedex, France

    Claude Jasmin (President of the International Council for Global Health Progress)

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  1. Department of Medicine, Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA

    Jay A. Levy M.D. (Professor, Research Associate) (Professor, Research Associate)

  2. Department of Hematology, Immunology and Biology, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France

    Claude Jasmin M.D., F.A.C.P. (Professor of Oncology, Chairman) (Professor of Oncology, Chairman)

  3. Ministère de la Santé Publique, Paris, France

    Gabriel Bez

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Jasmin, C. (1997). Cancer and AIDS as a Model for the Study of Quality of Life. In: Levy, J.A., Jasmin, C., Bez, G. (eds) Cancer, AIDS, and Quality of Life. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9570-7_1

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