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3/2024
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Individualized 3D printing for skin cancer brachytherapy: Development, implementation, clinical applications, and treatment assessment

Michal Poltorak
1
,
Pawel Banatkiewicz
1
,
Lukasz Poltorak
2
,
Piotr Sobolewski
1, 3
,
Damian Zimon
1, 3
,
Maciej Szwast
4
,
Irena Walecka
1, 3

  1. The National Institute of Medicine of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, Warsaw, Poland
  2. Electrochemistry@Soft Interfaces Team, Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
  3. Department of Dermatology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
  4. Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
J Contemp Brachytherapy 2024; 16, 3: 173–183
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2024.141420
Online publish date: 2024/06/30
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