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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

9 years tumor free survival after resection, intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) and whole brain radiotherapy of a solitary brain metastasis of non-small cell lung cancer

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Pages 224-225 | Received 06 Sep 2005, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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