Radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer: Systematic nihilism or intraoperative realism

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-317

  Calvo, Felipe A ^a   Valentini, Vincenzo ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 46549084263     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.03.022     Document Type: Editorial

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