Brachytherapy
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 227-229 , July 2007

High-dose-rate brachytherapy in lower eyelid cancer

  • Rafael Martínez-Monge

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Oncology, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, University of Navarra, Avda Pío XII s/n, E-31080 Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. Tel.: +34-948-255400; fax: +34-948-255500.
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  • Alfonso Gómez-Iturriaga

Received 8 January 2007 ,Revised 13 March 2007 ,Accepted 20 March 2007.

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PII: S1538-4721(07)00212-7

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2007.03.004

Brachytherapy
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 227-229 , July 2007

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