Treatment of advanced medullary thyroid cancer with an alternating combination of doxorubicin-streptozocin and 5 FU-dacarbazine
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Cancer
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0007-0920,1532-1827
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1314