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Pietro Mancosu1, Giorgia Nicolini2, Giulia Goretti3

  • 1Medical Physicist Group of Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery Dept., Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Milan-Rozzano, Italy.

Radiotherapy and Oncology : Journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
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PubMed
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Breast cancerFailure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)Lean-Six-Sigma Methodology (LSSM)Quality in radiotherapy

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