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Phase II trial of sequential methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil with leucovorin in children with sarcomas

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  1. Pediatric Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD

    Frank M. Balis (Senior Investigator)

  2. Pediatric Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD

    Andrea Gillespie

  3. Pediatric Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD

    Robert F. Murphy

  4. Pediatric Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD

    Karen Doherty

  5. Pediatric Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD

    Susan Jeffries

  6. Pediatric Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD

    Marc E. Horowitz

  7. Pediatric Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD

    David G. Poplack

  8. Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

    Jean Belasco

  9. Childrens Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, DC

    Gregory H. Reaman

  10. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

    Lawrence J. Ettinger

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Balis, F.M., Gillespie, A., Belasco, J. et al. Phase II trial of sequential methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil with leucovorin in children with sarcomas. Invest New Drugs 8, 181–182 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00177254

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