Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in technically unresectable adenocarcinoma of parotid

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · South Asian J Cancer 2019; 08(03): 185-188
DOI: 10.4103/sajc.sajc_87_19

Letter to the Editor

Sachin Dhumal

Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, HBNI, Mumbai, Maharashtra

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Arun Chandrasekharan

Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, HBNI, Mumbai, Maharashtra

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Vijay Patil

Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, HBNI, Mumbai, Maharashtra

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Vanita Noronha

Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, HBNI, Mumbai, Maharashtra

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Amit Joshi

Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, HBNI, Mumbai, Maharashtra

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Ameya Puranik

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tata Memorial Centre, HBNI, Mumbai, Maharashtra

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Venkatesh Rangarajan

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tata Memorial Centre, HBNI, Mumbai, Maharashtra

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Kumar Prabhash

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tata Memorial Centre, HBNI, Mumbai, Maharashtra

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