Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 270-275 , July 2008

High-dose-rate brachytherapy in a large squamous cell carcinoma of the hand

  • Maria Grazia Fabrini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Pisa University, and Division of Radiotherapy, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. U. O. Radioterapia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, via Roma, 67, I-56125 Pisa, Italy. Tel.: +39-050-993456; fax: +39-050-992830.
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  • Franco Perrone

      Affiliations

    • Health Physics Division, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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  • Mario De Liguoro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Pisa University, and Division of Radiotherapy, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
    • ,
  • Luca Cionini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Pisa University, and Division of Radiotherapy, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy

Received 19 February 2008 ,Revised 16 April 2008 ,Accepted 17 April 2008.

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PII: S1538-4721(08)00561-8

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.04.004

Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 270-275 , July 2008

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