Central Venous Catheters in Oncology

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2021; 42(03): 276-278
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1732850

Trainees’ Corner

Nitish Garg

¹Medical Oncology Resident, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Center, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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Rushabh Kothari

²Department of Medical Oncology, canCURE Cancer Center, Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

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