Surgery
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The importance of determining quality of life in clinical trials

  • Larissa Temple, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Larissa Temple, MD, Colorectal Service, Department of surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Room C-1079, New York, NY 10065.
    • ,
  • Sarah Fuzesi, BA
    • ,
  • Sujata Patil, PhD

,Accepted 1 November 2008.

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PII: S0039-6060(09)00111-1

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.11.012

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