Plesiotherapy for non-melanoma skin cancer: Innovating to overcome!

Indian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-366

  Ray, Amitabh ^a   Basu, Ayan ^a   Deb, Asit ^b   Aich, Ranen Kanti ^b   Biswas, Litan Naha ^c   Pal, J K ^a  

^a AMRI HOSPITALS   (India)

^b NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

HDR Brachytherapy; non melanoma skin cancer; Plesiotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; DEPIGMENTATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLESIOTHERAPY; SKIN CARCINOMA;

EID: 78651267407     PISSN: 00195154     EISSN: 19983611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.74547     Document Type: Article

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