Infusional interleukin-2 and 5-fluorouracil with subcutaneous interferon-α for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma: a Southwest Oncology Group phase II study.
✍ Scribed by L Elias; D Lew; RA Figlin; RC Flanigan; ME Thompson; PL Triozzi; RJ Belt; DP Wood; SE Rivkin; ED Crawford
- Book ID
- 117724166
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 66 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1078-1439
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