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Nursing care for women with gynecologic cancer receiving radiotherapy: current updates

  • Hyesung Moon (Department of Nursing, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital)
  • Received : 2023.11.01
  • Accepted : 2023.12.11
  • Published : 2023.12.31

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