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The role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with advanced (stage IIIC) epithelial ovarian cancer Cover

The role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with advanced (stage IIIC) epithelial ovarian cancer

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|Jul 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/raon-2016-0034 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 341 - 346
Submitted on: May 29, 2015
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Accepted on: Sep 5, 2015
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Published on: Jul 19, 2016
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2016 Erik Škof, Sebastjan Merlo, Gasper Pilko, Borut Kobal, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.