To determine the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with advanced head and neck squamous carcinoma, the National Cancer Insitute initiated a multi-institutional, prospective randomized trial termed the Head and Neck Contracts Program. Between 1978 and 1982,462 patients with resectable Sta
Adjuvant chemotherapy for advanced head and neck squamcus carcinoma: Final report of the head and neck contracts program
β Scribed by Bhadrasain Vikram; Charlotte Jacobs; Gregory Wolf; Robert Makuch
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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