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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

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But now that at least at the University of Pennsylvania, the radiation oncology department is sort of well integrated into the cancer center here, and we have a really strong relationship with the palliative care team and even the internal medicine residents whom we give talks to. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

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I initially got into it because I was really looking at the psychophysiology of stress, and so how stress affects our health and how relationships were always a component of that. But then recognizing that our relationships impact our health even outside the context of stress. It’s tough.

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