Treatment of advanced head and neck cancer with concomitant radiation and chemotherapy
β Scribed by Anantha K. Murthy; Samuel G. Taylor IV; John Showel; David D. Caldarelli; James C. Hutchinson Jr.; Lauren D. Holinger; Thomas R. Witt; Stanley Hoover
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 923 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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