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Radiotherapy for pancreatic and biliary cancers: New developmental modes

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Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

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  1. Department of Radiology, Tokyo Women's Medical College, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, 162, Tokyo, Japan

    Tomohiko Okawa

  2. Department of Radiology, Fuchu Metropolitan Hospital, 2-9-2 Musashidai, Fuchu, 183, Tokyo, Japan

    Midori Kita-Okawa

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Okawa, T., Kita-Okawa, M. Radiotherapy for pancreatic and biliary cancers: New developmental modes. J Hep Bil Pancr Surg 3, 40–45 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01212778

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