Treatments for metastatic melanoma: Synthesis of evidence from randomized trials
✍ Scribed by Philip Lui; Richard Cashin; Márcio Machado; Michiel Hemels; Patricia K. Corey-Lisle; Thomas R. Einarson
- Book ID
- 116395137
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 241 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0305-7372
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