Preoperative irradiation for unresectable rectal and rectosigmoid carcinomas
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19830901)52:5<814::aid-cncr2820520511>3.0.co;2-1