Regional Nodal Irradiation: Examining the Clinical Implications of Randomized Trials

Chirag Shah1, Atif Khan, Douglas Arthur

  • 1*Department of Radiation Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland †Department of Radiation Oncology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH ‡Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ §Department of Radiation Oncology, Massey Cancer Center, Virgina Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA ∥Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA ¶Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI #21st Century Oncology, Fort Myers, FL **Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE ††Michigan Healthcare Professionals/21st Century Oncology, Farmington Hills, MI.

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