Adjuvant chemotherapy of colorectal cancer

Oncologist

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 22-29

  Saltz, Leonard B ^a   Kemeny, Nancy E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Colon cancer; Colorectal cancer; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002109337     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.1-1-22     Document Type: Article

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