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class="block-content"> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden view-mode-_custom_display"><div class="field-items"><figure class="clearfix field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-none" src="https://society.asco.org/sites/new-www.asco.org/files/content-files/advocacy-and-policy/images/profdev-discussion-notes-1200x350.jpg" width="1200" height="350" alt="three doctors in discussion" /></figure></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panels-flexible-row panels-flexible-row-branch_page-2 clearfix row-text-first"> <div class="inside panels-flexible-row-inside panels-flexible-row-branch_page-2-inside clearfix"> <div class="panels-flexible-region panels-flexible-region-branch_page-text_first panels-flexible-region-first panels-flexible-region-last "> <div class="inside panels-flexible-region-inside panels-flexible-region-branch_page-text_first-inside panels-flexible-region-inside-first 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