Quality of life after palliative treatment for oesophageal carcinoma – a prospective comparison between stent placement and single dose brachytherapy
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- 31 August 2004
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier BV in European Journal Of Cancer
- Vol. 40 (12), 1862-1871
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2004.04.021
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