Symptom Management Strategies for Patients Receiving Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Inhibitors for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

J Adv Pract Oncol

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and Department of Medicine (Medical Oncology Division), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and Department of Medicine (Medical Oncology Division), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.

Published: November 2017

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