Bilateral glomus tumor treated with PET-CT based conformal radiotherapy: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Onal, Cem ^a   Yuksel, Oznur ^a   Topkan, Erkan ^a   Pehlivan, Berrin ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMAN; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 77953369547     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-8402     Document Type: Article

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