Research ArticleOriginal Research

Oncology and Primary Care Provider Views on Cancer Survivorship Care: Mind the Gap

Mark P. Doescher, Zsolt Nagykaldi, Yan Daniel Zhao and Kathleen Dwyer
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2022, 35 (2) 329-340; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.02.210286

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