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Quality of life of women with recurrent vulvar cancer treated with electrochemotherapy

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|Mar 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2025-0019 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 267 - 276
Submitted on: Feb 6, 2025
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Accepted on: Feb 25, 2025
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Published on: Mar 19, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2025 Gregor Vivod, Ines Cilensek, Nina Kovacevic, Gregor Sersa, Maja Cemazar, Sebastjan Merlo, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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