Survival Benefit of Screening for Early Esophageal Carcinoma in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
β Scribed by Masatoshi HORIUCHI; Hiroyasu MAKUUCHI; Takao MACHIMURA; Yoshiyuki TAMURA; Makoto SAKAI
- Book ID
- 108987794
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 550 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0915-5635
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