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Chemotherapy After Gastric Cancer Surgery Remains Controversial
Link ID 4205
Title Chemotherapy After Gastric Cancer Surgery Remains Controversial
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/571834?src=rss
Description Treatment with the combination of cisplatin, epirubicin, L-leucovorin, and 5-fluorouracil, referred to as the PELF regimen, has little or no effect on overall or disease-free survival in patients with completely resected gastric cancer, Italian researchers report. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Gastroenterology
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Date Mar 22, 2008
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