Eighty-eight patients with hormone-resistant Stage IV prostate cancer were treated with a five-drug chemotherapy program. Patient demographic data, prior therapy, symptoms, extent of disease, and laboratory studies were analyzed statistically to evaluate the association of these parameters with surv
Pituitary tropic hormone studies and morphologic observations in carcinoma of the prostate
β Scribed by Andrew Dekker; Agnes B. Russfield
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1963
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 591 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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