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Dosimetric predictors of treatment-related lymphopenia induced by palliative radiotherapy: predictive ability of dose-volume parameters based on body surface contour

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|Oct 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/raon-2016-0050 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 228 - 234
Submitted on: Jul 18, 2016
Accepted on: Aug 30, 2016
Published on: Oct 13, 2016
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2016 Tetsuo Saito, Ryo Toya, Tomohiko Matsuyama, Akiko Semba, Natsuo Oya, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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