[Dose effect of radiotherapy on drug resistance in esophageal cancer cell]

Guang-jian Zhang1, Rui Gao, Ming-xin Zhang

  • 1Thoracic Surgery Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. xiandocs@gmail.com

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