Phase II evaluation of recombinant alpha-2a-interferon and continuous infusion fluorouracil in previously untreated metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma
โ Scribed by Richard Pazdur; Jaffer A. Ajani; Yehuda Z. Patt; Jesus Gomez; Beth Bready; Bernard Levin
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 448 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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