Clinical Oncology
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 706-710 , November 2007

External Beam Radiotherapy and High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Medically Unfit and Elderly Patients

  • C.A.M. Marijnen

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAuthor for correspondence: C. A. M. Marijnen, Department of Radiotherapy, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-20-5122124; Fax: +31-20-5122308.

Received 18 April 2007 ,Accepted 26 July 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2007.07.015

Clinical Oncology
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 706-710 , November 2007

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