EBK HUMAN BIOLOGY
11th Edition
ISBN: 8220100545931
Author: MCMILLAN
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 22, Problem 8SQ
The most common therapeutic approaches to treating cancer include all of the following except ________.
- a. chemotherapy
- b. irradiation of tumors
- c. surgery to remove cancerous tissue
- d. administering doses of vitamins
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