Randomized phase II trial of first-line treatment with sorafenib versus interferon Alfa-2a in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on January 26, 2009

Authors

Bernard Escudier1, Cezary Szczylik, Thomas E Hutson, Tomasz Demkow, Michael Staehler, Frédéric Rolland, Sylvie Negrier, Nicole Laferriere, Urban J Scheuring, David Cella, Sonalee Shah, Ronald M Bukowski

Author Affiliations

1: Institut Gustave Roussy, 39 Rue Camille Desmoulins, 94805, Villejuif, France. escudier@igr.fr

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