On the road to intraoperative radiotherapy: More 'proceed with caution' signs

ONCOLOGY (United States)

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Khan, Atif J ^a   Arthur, Douglas W ^b   Vicini, Frank A ^c  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 21ST CENTURY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; DOSIMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; NOTE; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 84874628687     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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