Concurrent chemoradiotherapy for esophageal carcinoma patients with malignant fistulae
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19991015)86:8<1406::aid-cncr4>3.3.co;2-v