Combined polychemotherapy and radiotherapy in advanced inoperable squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
โ Scribed by Rosso, Riccardo ;Merlano, Marco ;Scarpati, Daniele ;Grimaldi, Andrea ;Bonelli, Luigina ;Barbieri, Angelo
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1985
- Weight
- 321 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-6403
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