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Appendicitis during locoregional thermoradiotherapy of advanced or recurrent rectal and cervical cancer, a report of two cases

Thomas Hehr, Wilfried Budach, Ulf Lamprecht, Frank Paulsen, Christian Gromoll, Michael Bamberg Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, University of Tuebingen, CRONA, of Hoppe-Seyler Str. 3, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
Pages 487-494 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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