Radiotherapy treatment strategies for squamous cell carcinoma of the cervical oesophagus: moving toward better outcomes.
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Department of Oncology, Radiation Oncology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy; Department of Oncology, Radiation Oncology, AOU Citta’ della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy; Department of Surgery, General Surgery 2U and Liver Transplantation Center, AOU Citta’ della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy; Department of Surgical Sciences, General Surgery 2U and Liver Transplantation Center, University of Turin, Turin, Italy Correspondence to: Pierfrancesco Franco, MD. Department of Oncology, Radiation Oncology, University of Turin School of Medicine, Via Genova 3, 10126, Turin, Italy. Email: [email protected]. Provenance: This is a Guest Editorial commissioned by Section Editor Hongcheng Zhu, MD, PhD (Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Annals of translational medicine
دوره 5 21 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017