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Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 827534, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/827534
Research Article
Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Melphalan: A Summary of Clinical and Pharmacological Data in 34 Patients
1Washington Cancer Institute, Washington, DC 20010, USA
2MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, DC 20010, USA
Received 16 April 2012; Accepted 1 May 2012
Academic Editor: Yan Li
Copyright © 2012 Lana Bijelic et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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