Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 71-77 , Spring 2008

An imrt technique to increase therapeutic ratio of breast irradiation in patients with early-stage left breast cancer: limiting second malignancies

Received 3 May 2007 ,Accepted 1 October 2007.

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Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 71-77 , Spring 2008

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