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Diane Portman, MD, on Integrating Palliative Care in Cancer Treatment

2015 Palliative Care in Oncology Symposium

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Diane Portman, MD, of Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses clinical pathways that embed palliative care along the spectrum of care for a variety of cancer disease states.



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