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Subdermal injection of hyaluronic acid to decrease skin toxicity from radiation delivered with low-dose-rate

Yuan Yuan1, Zhang Ying1, Dai Jianjian1

  • 1Cancer Therapy and Research Center, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong University, Jinan, P. R China.

Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
|March 27, 2019
PubMed
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Keywords:
hyaluronic acidlow-dose-rate brachytherapysubdermal malignant tumor

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