Quality of life and survival with continuous hepatic-artery floxuridine infusion for colorectal liver metastases

@article{AllenMersh1994QualityOL,
  title={Quality of life and survival with continuous hepatic-artery floxuridine infusion for colorectal liver metastases},
  author={Timothy G. Allen-Mersh and S. Earlam and Carol Fordy and K R Abrams and J. Houghton},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={1994},
  volume={344},
  pages={1255-1260}
}
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