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ORIGINAL ARTICLES: Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer patients’ quality of life assessments across the primary treatment trajectory: ‘True’ change or response shift?

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Pages 814-820 | Received 25 Aug 2015, Accepted 23 Dec 2015, Published online: 16 Feb 2016

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