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Cancer screening: A modest proposal for prevention

Myung S. Kim, MD, Go Nishikawa, MD and Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2019, 86 (3) 157-160; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18092
Myung S. Kim
Department of Internal Medicine, PeaceHealth Medical Group, Eugene, OR
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Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
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vol. 86 no. 3 157-160
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18092
PubMed 
30849032

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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0891-1150
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1939-2869
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  • Published online March 1, 2019.

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  1. Myung S. Kim, MD
  1. Department of Internal Medicine, PeaceHealth Medical Group, Eugene, OR
  1. Go Nishikawa, MD
  1. Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
  1. Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH⇑
  1. Division of Hematology Oncology, Knight Cancer Institute; Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
  2. Senior Scholar in the Center for Ethics in Health Care, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
  1. ADDRESS:
    Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239; prasad{at}ohsu.edu

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