A Clinical Trial on Constructing a Treatment Mode of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine in the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Basing on the ‘’Spleen-Kidney Deficiency’’ Pathogenesis Theory
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DISEASE(S): Colorectal Cancer (crc)
PROVIDER: 81908 | ecrin-mdr-crc |
REPOSITORIES: ECRIN MDR
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