Background: Mitomycin C has been found clinically useful in the treatment of colorectal cancer when administered via the hepatic artery. In a prospective therapeutic trial, we studied the effect of superselective intraarterial chemotherapy with mitomycin C in patients with hepatic metastases from co
Treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer with hepatic artery combination chemotherapy
โ Scribed by Alfred M. Cohen; Nancy Schaeffer; Joy Higgins
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 372 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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