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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Demographic, clinical and treatment related predictors for event-free probability following low-dose radiotherapy for painful heel spurs – a retrospective multicenter study of 502 patients

Ralph Muecke Department of Radiotherapy, St. Josefs-Hospital, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Radiotherapy, Weiden Hospital, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Oliver Micke Department of Radiotherapy, Münster University Hospital, Germany; Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Franziskus Hospital Bielefeld, Germany
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Berthold Reichl Department of Radiotherapy, Weiden Hospital, Germany
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Rainer Heyder Department of Radiotherapy, Weiden Hospital, Germany
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Franz-Josef Prott Department of Radiotherapy, St. Josefs-Hospital, Wiesbaden, Germany
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M. Heinrich Seegenschmiedt Department of Radiotherapy, Alfried Krupp Hospital Essen, Germany
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Michael Glatzel Department of Radiotherapy, Suhl Central Hospital, Germany
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Oliver Schneider Department of Radiotherapy, Bochum University Hospital, Germany
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Ulrich Schäfer Department of Radiotherapy, Lippe Hospital Lemgo, Germany
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Guenther Kundt Institute of Medical Informatics and Biometry, Rostock University Hospital, Germany
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Pages 239-246 | Received 30 Aug 2005, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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