ACR appropriateness criteria® ipsilateral radiation for squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil
✍ Scribed by Anamaria Reyna Yeung; Madhur Kumar Garg; Joshua Lawson; Mark W. McDonald; Harry Quon; John A. Ridge; Nabil Saba; Joseph K. Salama; Richard V. Smith; Sue S. Yom; Jonathan J. Beitler; Expert Panel on Radiation Oncology—Head & Neck Cancer
- Book ID
- 112097646
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 723 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
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