Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. The persisting grim lung cancer incidence and mortality figures argue powerfully for new approaches such as chemoprevention for controlling this disease. Retinoids are among the most intensively studied cancer chemoprevention age
Lung Cancer
โ Scribed by Joe B. Putnam Jr.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 64 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8756-0437
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