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Attribution. Elizabeth A Davies; Margreet Lüchtenborg; Rachael Maree Hunter; Renske Visser; Jennie Huynh; Ross Pow et al. (2025). Cancer in English prisons: a mixed-methods study of diagnosis, treatment, care costs and patient and staff experiences. National Institute for Health and Care Research. Copyright © 2025 Davies et al. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. NCBI Bookshelf NBK612288. CC BY 4.0. Original source ↗. Text reproduced from the Bookshelf XML without changing wording; figures, images and supplements are not reproduced.

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