Primary radiation therapy for solitary chloroma of oral tongue.

Isr Med Assoc J

Radiotherapy Unit, Division of Oncology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann Street, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel.

Published: June 2003

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