Can we obtain planning goals for conformal techniques in neoadjuvant and adjuvant radiochemotherapy for gastric cancer patients?

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عنوان ژورنال: Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy

سال: 2016

ISSN: 1507-1367

DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2015.11.008