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Serum CEA as a predictor for the response to preoperative chemoradiation in rectal cancer

✍ Scribed by Yoon-Ah Park; Seung-Kook Sohn; Jinsil Seong; Seung-Hyuk Baik; Kang-Young Lee; Nam-Kyu Kim; Chang-Whan Cho

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
99 KB
Volume
93
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-4790

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