Critical Reviews in Oncology / Hematology
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 43-46 , July 2010

Editorial

  • Catherine Terret

      Affiliations

    • Centre Léon-Bérard, Geriatric Oncology Program, Lyon, France
    • PROLOG (Lyon Geriatric Oncology Program of the French Cancer Institute), France
    • Claude-Bernard University Lyon1, Lyon, France
    • Sherbrooke University, Quebec, Canada
  • Jean-Pierre Droz

      Affiliations

    • Centre Léon-Bérard, Geriatric Oncology Program, Lyon, France
    • Claude-Bernard University Lyon1, Lyon, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Centre Léon-Bérard, 28 rue Laennec, 69008 Lyon, France. Tel.: +33 478 782 724, fax: +33 478 782 716.

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doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2010.04.010

Critical Reviews in Oncology / Hematology
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 43-46 , July 2010

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