Vera Peters and the curability of Hodgkin disease

Current Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 206-210

  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

EID: 84929558011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.v15i5.285     Document Type: Article

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