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Original Article: Clinical

Comprehensive geriatric assessment is an essential tool to support treatment decisions in elderly patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a prospective multicenter evaluation in 173 patients by the Lymphoma Italian Foundation (FIL)

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Pages 921-926 | Received 03 Nov 2013, Accepted 03 Aug 2014, Published online: 09 Oct 2014

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