Meeting the Information Needs of Lower Income Cancer Survivors: Results of a Randomized Control Trial Evaluating the American Cancer Society's “I Can Cope”

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• This research was supported by Cooperative Agreement U48/DP000567-1 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Cancer Society awarded to Michelle Y. Martin. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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