Adjuvant chemotherapy in advanced head and neck cancer: An update
✍ Scribed by Monica B. Spaulding; Anjum Kahn; Rafael De Los Santos; Douglas Klotch; John M. Loré Jr.
- Book ID
- 115693489
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 638 KB
- Volume
- 144
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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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
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