Topotecan for the Treatment of Recurrent or Progressive Central Nervous System Tumors – A Pediatric Oncology Group Phase II Study
✍ Scribed by Richard P. Kadota; Clinton F. Stewart; Marianna Horn; John F. Kuttesch; Peter C. Burger; James L. Kepner; Larry E. Kun; Henry S. Friedman; Richard L. Heideman
- Book ID
- 110233964
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 31 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-594X
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