Radiation therapy alone or combined surgery and radiation therapy in squamous-cell carcinoma of the penis?
β Scribed by A Zouhair; P.A Coucke; W Jeanneret; P Douglas; H.P Do; P Jichlinski; R.O Mirimanoff; M Ozsahin
- Book ID
- 117657081
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 126 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0959-8049
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