Acta Med. 2008, 51: 95-99

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2017.9

The Influence of Cisplatin Dose upon Survival in Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy of Locally Advanced Cervical Carcinoma with Weekly Cisplatin

Igor Sirák, Jiří Petera, Zdeněk Zoul

Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received February 1, 2008
Accepted April 1, 2008

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