Vera Peters and the curability of Hodgkin disease

Current Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 5-9

  Cowan, Donald H ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cure early stage; Hodgkin disease; Irradiation; Staging; Vera Peters

Indexed keywords

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY CANCER; EARLY INTERVENTION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 68649090002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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