Research group report: Clinical trial of simultaneous intracavitary hyperthrmo-brachytherapy for esophageal cancer

Journal of JASTRO

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 371-377

  Tsukiyama, Iwao ^a   Katano, Susumu ^a   Shimizu, Hideaki ^a   Nomoto, Yoshihito ^b   Shoji, Kazufusa ^b   Hiraoka, Masahirao ^c   Mitsumori, Michihide ^c   Tanaka, Yoshimasa ^d   Nagata, Kenji ^d   Fuwa, Nobukazu ^e   Hirokawa, Yutaka ^f   Akagi, Yukio ^f   Mitsuhashi, Norio ^g   Sakurai, Hideyuki ^g   Saito, Mari ^h  

^a TOCHIGI CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f Department of Radiolog ^*  (Japan)

^g GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Niigata Cancer Center   (Japan)

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EID: 0003720745     PISSN: 10409564     EISSN: 18819885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11182/jastro1989.12.371     Document Type: Article

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