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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Dose-volume relationships between enteritis and irradiated bowel volumes during 5-fluorouracil and oxaliplatin based chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer

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Pages 937-944 | Received 19 Dec 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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