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Original Article

Long-term follow-up in patients treated with curative electrochemotherapy for cancer in the oral cavity and oropharynx

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Pages 1070-1078 | Received 05 Apr 2015, Accepted 03 May 2015, Published online: 10 Jun 2015

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