Cervical brachytherapy exchange: Steps toward oncology capacity building in Botswana

Oncologist

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Bvochara Nsingo, Memory ^a   Grover, Surbhi ^b   Gierga, David P ^c   Makufa, Remigio ^a   Efstathiou, Jason A ^c   Dixit, Nayha ^b   Clayman, Rebecca H ^c   Russell, Anthony H ^c   Lin, Lilie L ^b   Kasese, Joseph ^d  

^a Gaborone Private Hospital   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Bokamoso Private Hospital   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; ONCOLOGIST; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; BOTSWANA; FEMALE; PROCEDURES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

BOTSWANA; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84903648471     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0393     Document Type: Letter

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