Advanced soft-tissue sarcomas are still incurable in the vast majority of patients. The currently available standard methods of treatment such as surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy have a very modest impact on the natural history of advanced soft tissue sarcomas. Nevertheless, until new st
New Therapeutic strategies for soft tissue sarcomas
β Scribed by Margaret von Mehren
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 377 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-2729
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