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Cancer, AIDS, and Quality of Life pp 173–178Cite as

Quality of Life

Some Implications of the Advances in Human Genome Research

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This symposium, “Cancer, AIDS and Quality of Life,” has focused on the quality of life issues of individuals and societies in managing the challenges facing patients with AIDS or with advanced cancers. There is a clear and urgent need to develop better programs and generate more financial resources for appropriate supportive care that can be provided to improve the quality of life for so many in the late stages of these diseases (1).

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  1. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, 10021, USA

    Paul A. Marks

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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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Marks, P.A. (1997). 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_28

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