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Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
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1/2025
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Original paper

Auxetic solution for enhanced esophageal brachytherapy applicator

Jerome Jean-Joseph
1
,
Nikolaus Balagiannis
2
,
Markus W. Scheppach
3
,
Selin Temizel
4
,
Alanna Ebigbo
3
,
Helmut Messmann
3
,
Tilman Janzen
1
,
Georg Stüben
2

  1. Medical Physics Department, Augsburg University Hospital, Augsburg, Germany
  2. Radiotherapy Department, Augsburg University Hospital, Augsburg, Germany
  3. Internal Medicine III – Gastroenterology, Augsburg University Hospital, Augsburg, Germany
  4. Department for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Augsburg University Hospital, Augsburg, Germany
J Contemp Brachytherapy 2025; 17, 1: 33–42
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2025.147780
Online publish date: 2025/02/19
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