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Impact of respiratory motion on breast tangential radiotherapy using the field-in-field technique compared to irradiation using physical wedges Cover

Impact of respiratory motion on breast tangential radiotherapy using the field-in-field technique compared to irradiation using physical wedges

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|Jan 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2013-0032 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 94 - 98
Published on: Jan 22, 2014
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2014 Hidekazu Tanaka, Shinya Hayashi, Kazuhiro Ohtakara, Hiroaki Hoshi, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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