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Original Article: Clinical

A phase II trial of single agent bevacizumab in patients with relapsed, aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Southwest oncology group study S0108

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Pages 728-735 | Received 19 Jan 2009, Accepted 27 Feb 2009, Published online: 21 Jul 2009

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