A phase II study of combined oral uracil and ftorafur with leucovorin for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
โ Scribed by A. Dimitrios Colevas; Philip C. Amrein; Hilary Gomolin; Jennifer J. Barton; Richard R. Read; Sudeshna Adak; Steven Benner; Rosemary Costello; Marshall R. Posner
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 78 KB
- Volume
- 92
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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