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Commentary: Combination chemotherapy of nonseminomatous testicular cancer

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  1. S. K. Carter (Consulting Professor of Medicine, Stanford University, and Clinical Professor of Medicine)

    Present address: University of California, San Francisco

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  1. Northern California Cancer Program, 1801 Page Mill Road, 94304, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    S. K. Carter (Consulting Professor of Medicine, Stanford University, and Clinical Professor of Medicine) & F. M. Torti (Assistant Professor of Medicine Stanford University)

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Carter, S.K., Torti, F.M. Commentary: Combination chemotherapy of nonseminomatous testicular cancer. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. 4, 71–77 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00254025

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