Updates on Cancer Survivorship Care Planning.

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, , and are staff hematology/oncologists, all at the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. is a resident, is a hematology/oncology fellow, Dr. Kunthur and Dr. Xiang are assistant professors of hematology/oncology, and Dr. Mehta is a professor of hematology/oncology, all at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.

Published: August 2015

Cancer organizations have developed guides and tools to help build cancer survivorship programs and survivorship care plans.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6375428PMC

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