Gamma knife versus scalpel: the contest of disciplines

Dirk R. de Ruysscher (Leuven, Belgium)

Source: International Congress 2016 – Oligometastasis: postmodern multimodality concepts
Session: Oligometastasis: postmodern multimodality concepts
Session type: Symposium
Number: 3476

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