Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 107-109 , Summer 2009

Review of the Poster “Dosimetric Comparison of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery vs. 125I Plaque Brachytherapy in a Cohort of Choroidal Melanomas”

  • Kelly R. Odell, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Kelly R. Odell, B.S., Department of Radiation Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave., T28, Cleveland, OH 44195

Received 26 March 2008 ,Accepted 14 May 2008.

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PII: S0958-3947(08)00080-0

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.05.002

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 107-109 , Summer 2009

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