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Is There a Real Need of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma?

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  1. Department of Oncology-ASL 21 della Regione Veneto, Mater Salutis Hospital, Via Gianella 1-37045, Legnago, Verona, Italy

    Jacopo Giuliani

  2. Clinical Oncology Unit, St. Anna UniversityHospital, Ferrara, Italy

    Marina Marzola

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Giuliani, J., Marzola, M. Is There a Real Need of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma?. J Gastrointest Canc 45, 396–397 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-014-9587-x

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