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Definitive radiotherapy for uterine cervix cancer: long term results for patients treated in the period from 1998 till 2002 at the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana Cover

Definitive radiotherapy for uterine cervix cancer: long term results for patients treated in the period from 1998 till 2002 at the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana

Radiology and Oncology
Volume 47 (2013): Issue 3 (September 2013)
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|Jul 2013
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2013-0025 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
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Language: English
Page range: 280 - 288
Published on: Jul 30, 2013
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
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Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
uterine cervix cancer,
external beam radiotherapy,
brachytherapy
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Radiology

© 2013 Helena Barbara Zobec Logar, Barbara Segedin, Robert Hudej, Primoz Petric, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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