External beam and intraluminal radiotherapy for locally advanced bile duct cancer: Role and tolerability

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-66

  Vallis, K A ^a,c   Benjamin, I S ^a,d   Munro, A J ^a,e   Adam, A ^a,f   Foster, C S ^a,g   Williamson, R C N ^a   Kerr, G R ^b   Price, P ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cholangiocarcinoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0029992654     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(96)91802-2     Document Type: Article

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