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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Demographic, clinical and treatment related predictors for event-free probability following low-dose radiotherapy for painful heel spurs – a retrospective multicenter study of 502 patients

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Pages 239-246 | Received 30 Aug 2005, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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