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The chief aim of all medical, potentially curative follow-up care measures (recurrence prophylaxis, early detection and therapy of disease recurrence) is to lengthen survival time (fig. 1.3). The actual tumour illness thus represents the focus of curative follow-up care.
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(2007). Rehabilitation and palliation of patients with pancreatic cancer. In: Rehabilitation and palliation of cancer patients. Collection de L’Académie Européenne de Médecine de Réadaptation. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-287-72827-3_9
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