Fractionated high dose rate brachytherapy moulds - A precise treatment for carcinoma of the pinna

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-281

  Allan, Ernest ^a   Stanton, Anthony ^a   Pye, David ^a   Collins, Conor ^a   Perry, Lesley ^a   Filby, Maeve ^a   Wilkinson, John ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; High dose rate; Moulds; Pinna

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL EAR DISEASE; HUMAN; MOULD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EAR NEOPLASMS; EAR, EXTERNAL; HUMANS;

EID: 0031761693     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(98)00059-0     Document Type: Article

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