Brachytherapy for partial breast irradiation: The European experience

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 116-122

  Polgár, Csaba ^a   Strnad, Vratislav ^b   Major, Tibor ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15944424659     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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