Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 267-269 , July 2008

Treatment of upper gum carcinoma with high-dose-rate customized-mold brachytherapy

  • Cristina Garrán

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
    • ,
  • Néstor Montesdeoca

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
    • ,
  • Rafael Martínez-Monge

      Affiliations

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

Received 6 November 2007 ,Revised 16 April 2008 ,Accepted 17 April 2008.

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PII: S1538-4721(08)00558-8

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.04.001

Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 267-269 , July 2008

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