The 192ir surface-mold technique for a whole scalp irradiation

Journal of JASTRO

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-31

  Imai, Michiko ^a   Nishimura, Tetsuo ^a   Nozue, Masashi ^a   Suzuki, Kazunori ^a   Kaneko, Masao ^a   Niimi, Manabu ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Surface mold; Whole scalp irradiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844450917     PISSN: 10409564     EISSN: 18819885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11182/jastro1989.11.27     Document Type: Article

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