Medical Dosimetry
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 21-27 , Spring 2011

Dose Sparing of Brainstem and Spinal Cord for Re-Irradiating Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer with Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

Presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Anaheim, CA, July, 26–30, 2009.

Received 26 February 2009 ,Accepted 26 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2009.10.005

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 21-27 , Spring 2011

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