Palliative HDR brachytherapy in treatment of advanced esophageal cancer

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 111-119

  Skowronek, Janusz ^a   Adamska, Krystyna ^a   Suwalska, Magdalena ^b   Zwierzchowski, Grzegorz ^c  

^a First Department of Radiotherapy   (Poland)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (Poland)

^c Department of Medical Physics   (Poland)

Author keywords

Advanced oesophageal cancer; HDR brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544353674     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1507-1367(00)70367-1     Document Type: Article

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