Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 87, Issue 3 , Pages 318-325 , June 2008

Intraoperative radiotherapy in pancreatic cancer: A systematic review

  • Alberto Ruano-Ravina

      Affiliations

    • Galician Agency for Health Technology Assessment, Galician Health Authority, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Spain
    • Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Spain
    • CIBER de Epidemiologı´a y Salud Pública, Spain, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Alberto Ruano-Ravina, Agencia de Evaluación de Tecnologı´as Sanitarias de Galicia, Consellerı´a de Sanidade, Edif Administrativo de San Lázaro, San Lázaro s/n, 15781 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
    • ,
  • Raquel Almazán Ortega

      Affiliations

    • Research Unit, Ourense Hospital Complex, Ourense, Spain, Spain
    • ,
  • Ferrran Guedea

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Barcelona, Spain

Received 14 September 2007 ,Revised 3 December 2007 ,Accepted 7 December 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.12.002

Radiotherapy & Oncology
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