EP-1391: Digestive toxicity after conformal radiotherapy for palliative cervico-thoracic spinal metastases
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiotherapy and Oncology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0167-8140
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(17)31826-1