Clinical study of combined use of tomudex (raltitrexed) and xeloda (capecitabine) as first-line treatment for patients with metastasizing colorectal cancer
β Scribed by J. V. Vakhabova; N. N. Semenov; N. V. Dobrova; M. R. Lichinitser
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 232 KB
- Volume
- 145
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-4888
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