Reply to H. Wong et al

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 512-513

  Sanoff, Hanna K ^a   Carpenter, William R ^a   Stürmer, Til ^a   Schrag, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; OXALIPLATIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COLON TUMOR; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; NOTE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84874760869     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.46.4859     Document Type: Letter

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