Balloon breast brachytherapy - Review of current data

Brachytherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 181-182

  Kini, Vijay ^a  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BALLOON CATHETER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25144431739     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2005.07.003     Document Type: Editorial

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