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ORIGINAL ARTICLES Clinical Translational Therapeutics

Clinical Efficacy of Traditional Chinese Medicine as a Concomitant Therapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

William C. S. Cho Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Hai-yong Chen Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Pages 334-344 | Published online: 11 Jun 2009

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