Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 120-130 , April 2006

Solitary Metastases: Illusion Versus Reality

  • Philip Rubin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Philip Rubin, MD, Department of Radiation Oncology, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Ave. Box 647, Rochester, NY 14642.
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  • Ralph Brasacchio, MD
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  • Alan Katz, MD, MPH

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doi: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2005.12.007

Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 120-130 , April 2006

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