Brachytherapy
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Page 277 , July 2009

Rebuttal to Drs. Davidson, Hendry, and West: Once burned, twice shy?

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doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2009.06.002

Brachytherapy
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Page 277 , July 2009

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