The ratio of weight loss to planning target volume significantly impacts setup errors in nasopharyngeal cancer patients undergoing helical tomotherapy with daily megavoltage computed tomography
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Language: English
Page range: 427 - 432
Submitted on: Mar 15, 2016
Accepted on: Jul 19, 2016
Published on: Sep 8, 2016
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