Elective radiotherapy or neck dissection for CT-staged T1–2N0 oral tongue cancer
✍ Scribed by Meng-Yu Hsu; Chen-Chi Wang
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 123 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
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