Combination therapy with radiation and mitomycin C: Preliminary results with EMT6 tumor cells in vitro and in vivo
โ Scribed by Sara Rockwell; Katherine A Kennedy
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 423 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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