Induction chemoradiotherapy followed by esophagectomy for advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus
โ Scribed by Tsutomu Nakamura; Masaho Ota; Takeshi Ohki; Takuya Sato; Yuji Shirai; Masakazu Yamamoto; Norio Mitsuhashi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 280 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1612-9059
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