Chemotherapy and high–dose-rate brachytherapy in the management of advanced cancers of the nasopharynx: clinical impact of high technology—is it worth the cost?
✍ Scribed by Peter C Levendag; Wideke M Nijdam; Michel van Agthoven; Carin A.Uyl-de Groot
- Book ID
- 108496517
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 199 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1538-4721
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