The Saudi experience with neutron therapy in locally advanced head and neck cancers

Bulletin du Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 83, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 106s-109s

  Flores, A D ^a   Kandil, A ^a   Jamshed, A ^a   Khafaga, Y ^a   Schultz, H ^a   Rostom, A ^a   El Houssainy, G ^a   Abdallah, H ^a   El Akkad, S ^a   De Vol, E B ^a   El Beteri, A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

neutrons; radiation effects; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 9544245823     PISSN: 09244212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-4212(96)84893-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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