Advanced soft-tissue sarcomas are still incurable in the vast majority of patients. The currently available standard methods of treatment such as surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy have a very modest impact on the natural history of advanced soft tissue sarcomas. Nevertheless, until new st
Soft-tissue sarcomas in adults—current treatment strategies
✍ Scribed by Michael Bamberg; Wolfgang Hoffman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 312 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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