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Original Research

Time to access to novel anticancer drugs and the correlation with ESMO-Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale in Slovenia

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Pages 717-723 | Received 19 Aug 2019, Accepted 06 Dec 2019, Published online: 11 Dec 2019

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