## BACKGROUND. Tamoxifen sensitizes cancer cells to chemotherapeutic agents. High dose tamoxifen has been tested in the treatment of patients with melanoma and other cancers. The authors conducted a Phase II study of high dose tamoxifen plus cisplatin and etoposide for patients with advanced, inop
A phase II study of gemcitabine plus oral etoposide in the treatment of patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung carcinoma
โ Scribed by Tony S. K. Mok; Benny Zee; Anthony T. C. Chan; Winnie Yeo; Wei Tse Yang; Anthony Yim; Sing Fai Leung; Binh Nguyen; Thomas W. T. Leung; Philip Johnson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 95 KB
- Volume
- 89
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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