Radical radiotherapy for stage I/II non-small cell lung cancer in patients not sufficiently fit for or declining surgery (medically inoperable)

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Rowell, Nick P ^a   Sevitt, Timothy ^a  

^a MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTED ARTICLE;

EID: 85021326230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010417.pub2     Document Type: Article

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