Long lasting response with trabectedin monotherapy in relapsed metastatic mesenchymal chondrosarcoma
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Sarcoma Research
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2045-3329
DOI: 10.1186/s13569-020-00138-4