Patterns of care for brachytherapy in Europe, in Spain and Italy: Comparative results

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Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 439-444

  Guedea, Ferran ^a,e   Ventura, Montse ^a   Marchetti, Cristina ^b   Polo, Alfredo ^a   Torrecilla, José López ^c   Bilbao, Pedro ^d   Borràs, Josep Maria ^a  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Ospedale Umberto I   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; European Union; Patterns of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; ONCOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION; SPAIN;

EID: 36749022129     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160709300506     Document Type: Article

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