## Abstract Some of the most significant therapeutic advances in the treatment of cancer have occurred in the management of colorectal metastases. The introduction of new cytotoxic chemotherapeutic and biologic agents has changed the approach to these patients from both an oncologic and a surgical
Toward a future of personalized cancer care
β Scribed by Michael O. Leavitt; Gregory J. Downing
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 52 KB
- Volume
- 113
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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