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Pei-Chieh Yu1,2, Ching-Jung Wu1,3,4, Hsin-Hua Nien1,5

  • 1Department of Radiation Oncology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

Radiation Oncology (London, England)
|November 30, 2018
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Breast cancerRadiation doseTangent-based volumetric modulated arc therapy

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