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Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults

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  1. Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology, St James University Hospital, Beckett Street, LS 9 7TF, UK

    Ian Lewis M.D.

  2. Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology, St James University Hospital, Beckett St, Leeds, LS9 7TF, UK

    Sue Morgan RN

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  1. St. Charles Medical Center, Bend, Oregon, USA

    W. Archie Bleyer

  2. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Ronald D. Barr

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Lewis, I., Morgan, S. (2007). Models of Care and Specialized Units. In: Bleyer, W.A., Barr, R.D. (eds) Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults. Pediatric Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68152-6_21

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