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Linear-quadratic analysis of tumour response to fractionated radiotherapy: a study on human squamous cell carcinoma xenografts

C. PETERSEN M. BAUMANN H.-H. DUBBEN H. ARPS A. MELENKEIT J. HELFRICH Clinic of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University of Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany; Department of Radiation Therapy , University of Hamburg, Germany.; Institute of Patholog y, Stadtisches Klinikum Fulda, Germany
Pages 197-205 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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