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. 2022 May;198(5):500-502.
doi: 10.1007/s00066-022-01921-6. Epub 2022 Mar 14.

[Profound survival benefit with concurrent chemotherapy: insights from a Chinese phase III trial in older patients with esophageal cancer]

[Article in German]
Claudia Schweizer  1 , Rainer Fietkau  1 , Florian Putz  2
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[Profound survival benefit with concurrent chemotherapy: insights from a Chinese phase III trial in older patients with esophageal cancer]

[Article in German]
Claudia Schweizer et al. Strahlenther Onkol. 2022 May.
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