Intraoperative radiotherapy for pancreatic carcinoma: Experimental and clinical studies
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19960801)78:3<598::aid-cncr40>3.3.co;2-g