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Gender disparity in the rate of partner abandonment in patients with serious medical illness

  1. Michael J. Glantz MD1,2,
  2. Marc C. Chamberlain MD3,†,*,
  3. Qin Liu PhD4,
  4. Chung-Cheng Hsieh ScD4,
  5. Keith R. Edwards MD5,
  6. Alixis Van Horn RN6,
  7. Lawrence Recht MD7

Article first published online: 30 JUL 2009

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24577

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 115, Issue 22, pages 5237–5242, 15 November 2009

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Glantz, M. J., Chamberlain, M. C., Liu, Q., Hsieh, C.-C., Edwards, K. R., Van Horn, A. and Recht, L. (2009), Gender disparity in the rate of partner abandonment in patients with serious medical illness. Cancer, 115: 5237–5242. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24577

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  1. 1

    Department of Oncology, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah

  2. 2

    Department of Neurosurgery, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah

  3. 3

    Department of Neurology, Division of Neuro-Oncology, University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, Washington

  4. 4

    Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

  5. 5

    Department of Neurology, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Bennington, Vermont

  6. 6

    Department of Neurology, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

  7. 7

    Department of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

  1. †

    Fax: (206) 288-1130

*Department of Neurology, Division of Neuro-Oncology, University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 825 Eastlake Avenue E, Seattle, WA 98109-1023

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 NOV 2009
  2. Article first published online: 30 JUL 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 30 JAN 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 28 JAN 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 16 DEC 2008

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