Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 94, Issue 1 , Pages 47-52 , January 2010

Stereotactic body radiotherapy for unresectable cholangiocarcinoma

  • Neil Kopek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology and
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Building 5, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
    • ,
  • Marianne Ingerslev Holt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology and
    • ,
  • Anders Traberg Hansen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
    • ,
  • Morten Høyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology and

Received 30 April 2009 ,Revised 25 October 2009 ,Accepted 11 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.11.004

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 94, Issue 1 , Pages 47-52 , January 2010

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