Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 1-6 , Spring 2007

The effect of positional realignment on dose delivery to the prostate and organs-at-risk for 3DCRT

Received 9 December 2005 ,Accepted 8 August 2006.

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Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 1-6 , Spring 2007

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