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P153 GASTROSTOMY TUBE PLACEMENT BEFORE COMMENCING COMBINED RADIOTHERAPY AND CETUXIMAB FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER

✍ Scribed by N.B. O'Sullivan; L. Walsh

Book ID: 114415919
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 63 KB
Volume: 3
Category: Article
ISSN: 1744-1161
DOI: 10.1016/s1744-1161(08)70215-1

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