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                                                                   EXHIBIT 24(B)
 
The Board of Directors
Response Oncology, Inc.:
 
     The audits referred to in our report dated January 23, 1996, included the
related financial statement schedules as of December 31, 1995, and for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1995, included in the
registration statement. These financial statement schedules are the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statement schedules based on our audits. In our
opinion, such financial statement schedules, when considered in relation to the
consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all
material respects the information set forth therein.
 
     We consent to the use of our reports included herein and to the reference
to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus and incorporated
herein by reference.
 
                                          KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 
Memphis, Tennessee
July 16, 1996