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New data: Diabetic foot complications > cost of 5 most costly cancers in the USA

Posted on October 11, 2013March 29, 2015 by David G. Armstrong

This from our recent manuscript, led by Neal Barshes, et al. The complete manuscript is here.

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March 3, 2016 at 10:04 am

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Diabetic Food complications costs are higher than cost of 5 most costly cancers in the US!

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