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Dosimetric comparison of postoperative interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy and modern external beam radiotherapy modalities in tongue and floor of the mouth tumours in terms of doses to critical organs Cover

Dosimetric comparison of postoperative interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy and modern external beam radiotherapy modalities in tongue and floor of the mouth tumours in terms of doses to critical organs

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|Nov 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2023-0050 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 516 - 523
Submitted on: May 19, 2023
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Accepted on: Aug 23, 2023
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Published on: Nov 30, 2023
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2023 Örs Ferenczi, Tibor Major, Georgina Fröhlich, Dalma Béla, Szabolcs Tódor, Csaba Polgár, Hironori Akiyama, Botond Bukovszky, Zoltán Takácsi-Nagy, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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