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News Media Portray "Inappropriately Optimistic View" of Cancer
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Title News Media Portray "Inappropriately Optimistic View" of Cancer
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/719300?src=rss
Description An analysis of news media found that death and dying are rarely mentioned in reports about cancer, possibly leading to unrealistic expectations by patients. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Hematology-Oncology
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Date Mar 27, 2010
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