Combined chemoimmunotherapy for advanced breast cancer. A comparison of BCG and levamisole
โ Scribed by Gabriel N. Hortobagyi; Jordan U. Gutterman; George R. Blumenschein; Hwee-Yong Yap; Aman U. Buzdar; Charles K. Tashima; Michael A. Burgess; Evan M. Hersh
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 886 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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