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ORIGINAL ARTICLECausation and Prevention

Should Cause of Death From the Death Certificate Be Used to Examine Cancer-Specific Survival? A Study of Patients With Distant Stage Disease

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Pages 758-764 | Published online: 26 May 2010

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