Integrated Palliative care in Metastatic gastrointestinal Cancer: A Retrospective Experience from a Lead Cancer Centre in Pakistan
By: Amer Farooqi, Jamshed Ali, Kashif Sajjad and Sajjad Ullah
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jcas-2026-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2411-989X
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Published on: Jun 29, 2026
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