Mechanisms and management of toxicities associated with high-dose interferon alfa-2b therapy.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on September 01, 2002

Authors

John M Kirkwood1, Catherine Bender, Sanjiv Agarwala, Ahmad Tarhini, Janice Shipe-Spotloe, Barbara Smelko, Sandra Donnelly, Lori Stover

Author Affiliations

1: University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. jmk@jimmy.harvard.edu

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