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A performance status scale for head and neck cancer patients

✍ Scribed by Marcy A. List; Chris Ritter-Sterr; Shirley B. Lansky

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1990
Tongue: English
Weight: 553 KB
Volume: 66
Category: Article
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19900801)66:3<564::aid-cncr2820660326>3.0.co;2-d

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