Alcohol and Cancer: Waiting for the Storm to Pass or Dancing in the Rains!

Richa Vaish; Jyoti Bajpai

doi:10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_91_20

Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2020; 41(04): 473-475
DOI: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_91_20

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Alcohol and Cancer: Waiting for the Storm to Pass or Dancing in the Rains!

Richa Vaish

¹Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Jyoti Bajpai

²Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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