Concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma
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Concurrent chemoradiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone for locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
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عنوان ژورنال: Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1658-3876
DOI: 10.1016/s1658-3876(08)50043-4