Treatment of advanced lung cancer by external beam radiotherapy and high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-105

  Skowronek, Janusz ^a   Adamska, Krystyna ^a   Zwierzchowski, Grzegorz ^b   Cofta, Szczepan ^c   Świerkocki, Krzysztof ^c   Piorunek, Tomasz ^c   Młynarczyk, Witold ^c  

^a 1st Department of General Radiotherapy   (Poland)

^b Medical Physics Division Greatpoland Cancer Centre   (Poland)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Lung cancer; Teletherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042073425     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1507-1367(01)70466-X     Document Type: Article

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