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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · South Asian J Cancer 2013; 02(04): 200-201
DOI: 10.4103/2278-330X.119900
THE GREY-HAIRED CANCER PATIENT: Editorial

Geriatric oncology: The need of the hour

Amit Joshi
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Sandeep V Ishi
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Vanita Noronha
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Kumar Prabhash
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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