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Cooperative studies of systemic chemotherapy

A review of the work of the EORTC Urological Group and of the Yorkshire Urological Cancer Research Group (YUCRG)

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. St James's University Hospital, Leeds, England

    P. H. Smith

  2. The General Infirmary at Leeds, Leeds, England

    J. A. Child

  3. Rotterdam Radiotherapy Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    J. H. Mulder

  4. Akademisch Ziekenhuis, Leiden, The Netherlands

    A. T. Van Oosterom

  5. Facultad Antonoma de Medicina, Madrid, Spain

    J. A. Martinez-Pineiro

  6. York District Hospital, York, England

    B. Richards

  7. Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    G. Stoter

  8. EORTC Data Centre, Brussels, Belgium

    O. Dalesio, M. De Pauw & R. Sylvester

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Smith, P.H., Child, J.A., Mulder, J.H. et al. Cooperative studies of systemic chemotherapy. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. 11 (Suppl 1), S25–S31 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00256713

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