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  • 1Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Journal of Medical Physics
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Keywords:
Excess absolute riskleft breastlifetime attributable risksecond cancer riskvolumetric modulated arc therapy

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