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Posted on May 10, 2022May 12, 2022

Palliative Chemotherapy: An Oxymoron

I have been on vacation attending my newest granddaughter’s birth these past two weeks. I am taking a shortcut this week by submitting a previously published piece I wrote several years ago on Pallimed. It was well received and published in Medscape. By writing this blog, I did not garner any favor from my oncologist … Continue reading Palliative Chemotherapy: An Oxymoron

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