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Modelling the dose–volume response of the spinal cord, based on the idea of damage to contiguous functional subunits

N. Stavreva, A. Niemierko, P. Stavrev, M. Goitein Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 32 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Pages 695-702 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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