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Improving coordination of lung cancer care at a tertiary healthcare center in Saudi Arabia

Abeer Alkhathlan, Razan Alfaiz, Ghaida Almusallam, Esraa Arabi, Mohammad Alkaiyat and AbdulRahman Jazieh
Saudi Medical Journal March 2022, 43 (3) 313-316; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.3.20210750
Abeer Alkhathlan
From the College of Medicine (Alkhathlan, Alfaiz, Almusallam, Arabi), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Oncology (Alkaiyat, Jazieh), Ministry of the National Guard - Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Razan Alfaiz
From the College of Medicine (Alkhathlan, Alfaiz, Almusallam, Arabi), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Oncology (Alkaiyat, Jazieh), Ministry of the National Guard - Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ghaida Almusallam
From the College of Medicine (Alkhathlan, Alfaiz, Almusallam, Arabi), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Oncology (Alkaiyat, Jazieh), Ministry of the National Guard - Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2022, 43 (3) 313-316; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.3.20210750

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Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2022, 43 (3) 313-316; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.3.20210750
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