Curative treatment of oesophageal carcinoma: current options and future developments.

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Published in Radiat Oncol on May 26, 2011

Authors

Maria C Wolf1, Michael Stahl, Bernd J Krause, Luigi Bonavina, Christiane Bruns, Claus Belka, Franz Zehentmayr

Author Affiliations

1: Klinik und Poliklinik für Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany. maria.wolf@med.uni-muenchen.de

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