Second-line chemotherapy in patients with primary unknown cancer
β Scribed by Makiko Ono; Masashi Ando; Kan Yonemori; Harukaze Yamamoto; Taizo Hirata; Chikako Shimizu; Kenji Tamura; Noriyuki Katsumata; Yasuhiro Fujiwara
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 168 KB
- Volume
- 137
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1335
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