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Sören Mattsson1, Anders Brahme1, Jörgen Carlsson1

  • 1a From the Department of Radiation Physics, Malmo University Hospital, Malmo (S. Mattsson), Departments of Medical Radiation Physics (A. Brahme) and Oncology and Pathology (B. Glimelius), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Department of Oncology, Radiology and Clinical Immunology, Uppsala University, Uppsala (J. Carlsson, B. Stenerlow, I. Turesson, B. Glimelius), Department of Oncology, Umea University, Umea(J. Denekamp, B. Littbrand, B. Zackrisson), Departments of Radiation Physics (E. ForssellAronsson, K.A. Johansson) and Diagnostic Radiology (M. Hellstrom), Goteborg University, Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Lund (E. Kjellen), Department of Oncology,University Hospital, Linkoping (B. Nordenskjold), Sweden.

Acta Oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden)
|August 1, 2017
PubMed
Summary

Swedish Cancer Society experts reviewed radiation research, identifying critical issues and future prospects. They concluded radiation therapy is vital for cancer treatment, emphasizing the need for improved research in Sweden.

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