Brachytherapy
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 201-206 , July 2007

An analysis of simulation for adjuvant intracavitary high-dose-rate brachytherapy in early-stage endometrial cancer

Received 11 October 2006 ,Revised 23 February 2007 ,Accepted 20 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2007.03.005

Brachytherapy
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 201-206 , July 2007

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