Clinical outcomes of weekly cisplatin chemoradiotherapy for patients with pyriform sinus cancer
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Clinical Oncology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1341-9625,1437-7772
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-015-0821-8