Biological and clinical implications for multimodality treatment in patients affected by squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

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Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 217-222

  Corvò, Renzo ^a   Sanguineti, Giuseppe ^a   Benasso, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Head and neck; Radiotherapy; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL INTERACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNX CANCER; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031782461     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169808400220     Document Type: Review

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