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From the Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre and Division of Medical Oncology, University of Ottawa (Grunfeld), the Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital (Grunfeld, Coyle, Clinch, Viola, Coristine, Janz), the Institute of Palliative Care, Elizabeth Bruyère Health Centre (Viola) and the Vanier Institute of the Family (Glossop), Ottawa, Ont.; the Supportive Cancer Care Research Unit (Grunfeld, Whelan, Reyno, Willan), and the Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre and Division of Radiation Oncology (Whelan), McMaster University, and the Center for the Evaluation of Medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital (Willan), Hamilton, Ont.; the Division of Medical Oncology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS (Grunfeld, Reyno); and the Center for Outcomes and Policy Research and Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. (Earle)



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  		Fig. 1: Flow of patients and caregivers through study. HADS = Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, KPS = Karnofsky Performance Status.

 

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