Comparative Analysis of Patterns of Care Study of Radiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer among Three Countries: South Korea, Japan and the United States
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Hur, Won-Joo
(Departments of Radiation Oncology, Dong-A University College of Medicine)
Choi, Young-Min (Departments of Radiation Oncology, Dong-A University College of Medicine) Kim, Jeung-Kee (Departments of Radiation Oncology, Dong-A University College of Medicine) Lee, Hyung-Sik (Departments of Radiation Oncology, Dong-A University College of Medicine) Choi, Seok-Reyol (Departments of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine) Kim, Il-Han (Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital) |
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