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01-02-2014 | Letter to the editor

Intensive care unit mortality in solid tumor patients: is this predictable and preventable?

Authors: Antonio M. Esquinas, Egbert Pravinkumar

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 2/2014

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Title: Intensive care unit mortality in solid tumor patients: is this predictable and preventable?
Authors: Antonio M. Esquinas
Egbert Pravinkumar
Publication date: 01-02-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 2/2014
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-013-1977-2

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