Myxoid Liposarcoma: Treatment Outcomes from Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy

Varun Chowdhry1, Saveli Goldberg2, Thomas F DeLaney2

  • 1Department of Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA.

Sarcoma
|December 6, 2018
PubMed
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