Locoregional Failure Analysis in Head-and-Neck Cancer Patients Treated with IMRT
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عنوان ژورنال: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0179-7158,1439-099X
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-007-1663-8