SERVICE AGREEMENT

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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10(r)



                              SERVICE AGREEMENT

                                 BY AND AMONG

                           RESPONSE ONCOLOGY, INC.

              KNOXVILLE HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C.

                                     AND

        MEMBERS OF KNOXVILLE HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C.

                                APRIL 12, 1996



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