Six-fractions-a-week radiotherapy along with concurrent weekly cisplatin in locally advanced head and neck cancer
โ Scribed by S. Kumar; R. Bajpai; N. Rastogi; K.J. Maria Das; P. Lai
- Book ID
- 119518312
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 123 KB
- Volume
- 82
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-8140
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