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Etoposide chemotherapy iv vs oral, what is the difference?
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Commonly used IV: Etoposide is most effective when used Intravenously. Oral use required several days of therapy and offeres little advantage . So it is rarely used in modern oncology(It became popular for a few years in the 1990s. I no longer use it at all..
Answered 10/11/2015
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