Radiotherapy in combination with simultaneous intra-arterial chemotherapy (RADPLAT) in patients with advanced head and neck cancer
✍ Scribed by Piotr Milecki; Wojciech Golusiński
- Publisher
- Wielkopolskie Centrum Onkologii
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- Polish
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1507-1367
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