Adjuvant therapy with high-dose medroxyprogesterone acetate for operable breast cancer
β Scribed by Hiroki Koyama; Breast Cancer Collaborative Group for Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 771 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1340-6868
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