Predictors of local control following radiotherapy alone for breast cancer
โ Scribed by Alain Fourquet; Frangois Campana; Bernard Asselain; Jacques R. Vilcoq
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 244 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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