5553 POSTER Second radical irradiation in head and neck cancer patients – retrospective study
✍ Scribed by Wojcieszek, P.; Gabrys, D.
- Book ID
- 122971065
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 79 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1359-6349
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