Brachytherapy for recurrent head and neck cancer

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 531-542

  Senan, S ^a   Levendag, P C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGEUSIA; ALGORITHM; BRACHYTHERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; ERYTHEMA; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NECK CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0032802933     PISSN: 08898588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8588(05)70073-3     Document Type: Article

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