Controversial issues in the management of early epithelial ovarian cancer: Conservative surgery and role of adjuvant therapy

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1994, Pages S47-S51

  Colombo, Nicoletta ^a   Chiari, Stefania ^a   Maggioni, Angelo ^a   Bocciolone, Luca ^a   Torri, Valter ^b   Mangioni, Costantino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

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EID: 0028641226     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1994.1341     Document Type: Article

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