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Assessment of Information Needs of Patients with Breast Cancer: A Hospital-Based Study in Sri Lanka

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the information needs of breast cancer (BC) patients who presented themselves to the outpatient clinics or wards of the National Cancer Institute, Maharagama, Sri Lanka. METHODS: Information needs were measured using the validated questionnaire in the vernacular (Sri L...

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Autores principales:	Kuruppu, Daya Chandrani, Wijeyaratne, Chandrika Neelakanthi, Gunawardane, Nalika, Amarasinghe, Indrani
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7529015/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33062834 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/apjon.apjon_23_20

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