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5 - Radiation Therapy for Gynaecological Malignancies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2018

By
Christopher Stephen Kent  and
Paul Symonds
Edited by
Mahmood Shafi ,
Helen Bolton  and
Ketankumar Gajjar
Mahmood Shafi
Affiliation:
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Helen Bolton
Affiliation:
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Ketankumar Gajjar
Affiliation:
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
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Gynaecological Oncology for the MRCOG , pp. 41 - 51
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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Shrivastava, SK, Mahantshetty, U, Narayan, K. Principles of radiation therapy in low-resource and well-developed settings, with particular reference to cervical cancer. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2015; 131(Suppl 2): S153–8.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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