Unresectable nonmetastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus managed by sequential chemotherapy (cisplatin and bleomycin) and radiation therapy
โ Scribed by Miguel A. Izquierdo; Eugenio Marcuello; Gerardo Gomez De Segura; Remedios Blanco; Eugenio Canals; Antonio Gomez; Federico Sampedro
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 554 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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