The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) technique of interstitial brachytherapy

Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: Techniques and Clinical ImplementationIrradiation

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 79-89

  Cuttino, Laurie W ^a   Arthur, Douglas W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65249087835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28203-3_7     Document Type: Chapter

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