Intraoperative radiotherapy for recurrent and/or residual colorectal cancer
✍ Scribed by Calvo, Felipe A.; Algarra, Salvador Martín; Azinovic, Ignacio; Santos, Manuel; Escude, Lluis; Hernández, JoséLuis; Zornoza, Gerardo; Voltas, Juan
- Book ID
- 122843735
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 658 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-8140
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