Psychosocial Care after Cancer Diagnosis: Recent Advances and Challenges.

Cancers (Basel)

Department of Medical Oncology, Kortrijk Cancer Centre, General Hospital Groeninge, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium.

Published: November 2022

Psychosocial oncology is coming of age [...].

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