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Improving end-of-life care for patients with leukemia: is inpatient death the right measure?

Thomas W. LeBlanca Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC, USA;b Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 2546-2548 | Received 09 Oct 2020, Accepted 13 Oct 2020, Published online: 29 Oct 2020

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