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Retrospective analysis of dose delivery in intra-operative high dose rate brachytherapy Cover

Retrospective analysis of dose delivery in intra-operative high dose rate brachytherapy

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|Jan 2008

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10019-007-0030-9 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 188 - 195
Published on: Jan 21, 2008
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2008 Moonseong Oh, Jaiteerth Avadhani, Harish Malhotra, Barbara Cunningham, Patrick Tripp, Wainwright Jaggernauth, Matthew Podgorsak, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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