Treatment of refractory urothelial carcinoma with alternating paclitaxel, methotrexate, cisplatin (TMP) and 5-fluorouracil, α-interferon, cisplatin (FAP)
✍ Scribed by Shi-Ming Tu; Randall E. Millikan; Lance C. Pagliaro; Danai Daliani; Christos N. Papandreou; Jeri Kim; Dung-Tsa Chen; Dallas L. Williams; Christopher J. Logothetis
- Book ID
- 117724258
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 75 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1078-1439
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