Postoperative radiotherapy for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas: Feasibility of a biphasic accelerated treatment schedule
โ Scribed by Giuseppe Sanguineti; Renzo Corvo'; Vito Vitale; Rita Lionetto; Franca Foppiano
- Book ID
- 108435596
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 807 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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