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Patient-Reported Outcomes in Ovarian Cancer: Facilitating and Enhancing the Reporting of Symptoms, Adverse Events, and Subjective Benefit of Treatment in Clinical Trials and Clinical Practice

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Pages 111-126 | Received 31 Oct 2022, Accepted 25 Apr 2023, Published online: 08 May 2023

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