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Clinical results of proton beam therapy for twenty older patients with esophageal cancer Cover

Clinical results of proton beam therapy for twenty older patients with esophageal cancer

Radiology and Oncology
Volume 49 (2015): Issue 4 (December 2015)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/raon-2015-0034 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
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Language: English
Page range: 371 - 378
Submitted on: Mar 15, 2015
Accepted on: Jun 20, 2015
Published on: Nov 27, 2015
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
proton therapy,
aged,
esophageal neoplasms,
radiotherapy
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Radiology

© 2015 Takashi Ono, Tatsuya Nakamura, Yusuke Azami, Hisashi Yamaguchi, Yuichiro Hayashi, Motohisa Suzuki, Yoshiomi Hatayama, Iwao Tsukiyama, Masato Hareyama, Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Kenji Nemoto, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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