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Caroline McLoughlin, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Northern Trust, Coleraine

Richard Wilson, Consultant/Senior Lecturer in Oncology, Clinical Director, N. Ireland Cancer Clinical Trials Unit Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast Cancer Centre, Belfast, Ireland

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