## Abstract Fortyβone patients were treated with BCG immunotherapy following block dissection of lymph nodes involved with malignant melanoma. A control group of similar patients who received no immunotherapy was drawn from a population consisting of all patients with malignant melanoma diagnosed i
Adjuvant chemoimmunotherapy stage i/ii malignant melanoma
β Scribed by J. A. Knost; V. Reynolds; F. A. Greco; R. K. Oldham
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 490 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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