Phase I study of sunitinib and irinotecan for patients with recurrent malignant glioma
β Scribed by David A. Reardon; James J. Vredenburgh; April Coan; Annick Desjardins; Katherine B. Peters; Sridharan Gururangan; Sith Sathornsumetee; Jeremy N. Rich; James E. Herndon; Henry S. Friedman
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 197 KB
- Volume
- 105
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-594X
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