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Hyperthermia classic commentary: ‘Hyperthermia as an adjuvant to radiation therapy of recurrent or metastatic malignant melanoma. A multicentre randomized trial by the European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology’ by J. Overgaard, D. González González, M.C.C.H. Hulshof, G. Arcangeli, O. Dahl, O. Mella & S.M. Bentzen, International Journal of Hyperthermia 1996;12:3–20

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Pages 335-337 | Received 31 Mar 2009, Accepted 01 Apr 2009, Published online: 09 Sep 2009

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