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Intercalated chemotherapy and erlotinib for advanced NSCLC: high proportion of complete remissions and prolonged progression-free survival among patients with EGFR activating mutations Cover

Intercalated chemotherapy and erlotinib for advanced NSCLC: high proportion of complete remissions and prolonged progression-free survival among patients with EGFR activating mutations

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|Nov 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2014-0038 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 361 - 368
Submitted on: Aug 25, 2014
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Accepted on: Sep 8, 2014
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Published on: Nov 5, 2014
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2014 Matjaz Zwitter, Karmen Stanic, Mirjana Rajer, Izidor Kern, Martina Vrankar, Natalija Edelbaher, Viljem Kovac, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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