Treatment of cancer with weekly intravenous 5-fluorouracil
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Oral signs of intravenous chemotherapy with 5-Fluorouracil and Leucovorin calcium in colon cancer treatment.
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1968
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(196811)22:6<1233::aid-cncr2820220621>3.0.co;2-n