Feasibility study of the treatment of primary unresectable carcinoma of the pancreas with 103PD brachytherapy
β Scribed by Adam Raben; Borys Mychalczak; Murray F. Brennan; Bruce Minsky; Lowell Anderson; Ephraim S. Casper; Louis B. Harrison
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 638 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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