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Supported by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (HS06341, HS06673, HS06694), the National Cancer Institute (CA57755, CA59408), the American Society for Clinical Oncology, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development, and the John A. Hartford Foundation.
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Tsevat, J., Weeks, J.C., Guadagnoli, E. et al. Using health-related quality-of-life information. J Gen Intern Med 9, 576–582 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02599287
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