Perioperative high-dose-rate brachytherapy in locally advanced and recurrent gynecological cancer: Final results of a Phase II trial
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عنوان ژورنال: Brachytherapy
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1538-4721
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2018.09.001