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Electrochemotherapy for basal cell carcinoma in the head and neck region: 5-year follow-up from the Insp-ECT registry Cover

Electrochemotherapy for basal cell carcinoma in the head and neck region: 5-year follow-up from the Insp-ECT registry

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|Jun 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2025-0040 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 233 - 243
Submitted on: Apr 10, 2025
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Accepted on: Apr 18, 2025
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Published on: Jun 21, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2025 Ales Groselj, Giulia Bertino, Marta Minuti, Anthony James P Clover, Camilla Kjaer Lonkvist, Erika Kis, Christian Kunte, Tobian Muir, Francesco Russano, Francesca de Terlizzi, Joy Odili, Gregor Sersa, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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