Low dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy in soft tissue sarcomas

Sarcoma

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-105

  Rosenblatt, Edward ^a,b   Meushar, Netanel ^a   Eidelman, Mark ^a   Kuten, Abraham ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Soft tissue sarcomas

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

EID: 0032823623     PISSN: 1357714X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13577149977721     Document Type: Article

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