Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 223-230 , July 2008

Patterns of Care for Brachytherapy in Europe: Facilities and resources in brachytherapy in the European area

  • Ferran Guedea

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology, L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiation Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO). University of Barcelona (UB). Gran vía s/n, Km 2,7, 08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. Tel.: +34-93-2607722; fax: +34-93-2607725.
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  • Montse Ventura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology, L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Jean-Jacques Mazeron

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre des tumeurs, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France
    • ,
  • José López Torrecilla

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, ERESA-Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Pedro Bilbao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital de Cruces, Baracaldo, Spain
    • ,
  • Josep Maria Borràs

      Affiliations

    • Pla Director d'Oncologia, L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Received 9 November 2007 ,Revised 27 February 2008 ,Accepted 14 March 2008.

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PII: S1538-4721(08)00554-0

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.03.001

Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 223-230 , July 2008

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