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SOR: project methodology

  • B Fervers1,2,
  • J Hardy1,3,
  • M P Blanc-Vincent1,4,
  • S Theobald5,
  • A Bataillard1,2,
  • F Farsi2,
  • G Gory1,6,
  • S Debuiche1,
  • S Guillo1,
  • J L Renaud-Salis4,
  • R Pinkerton3,
  • P Bey7 &
  • …
  • T Philip1,2 

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  1. Standards Options et Recommandations, Fédération Nationale des Centres de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Paris, France

    B Fervers, J Hardy, M P Blanc-Vincent, A Bataillard, G Gory, S Debuiche, S Guillo & T Philip

  2. Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France

    B Fervers, A Bataillard, F Farsi & T Philip

  3. Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Surrey, UK

    J Hardy & R Pinkerton

  4. Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France

    M P Blanc-Vincent & J L Renaud-Salis

  5. Centre Jean Godinot, Reims, France

    S Theobald

  6. Centre Val d’Aurelle, Montpellier, France

    G Gory

  7. Centre Alexis Vautrin, Nancy, France

    P Bey

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