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Research Article

Normal Tissue Complication Probability (NTCP) modeling of late rectal bleeding following external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer: A Test of the QUANTEC-recommended NTCP model

Mitchell Liu Fraser Valley Centre, British Columbia Cancer Centre, Surrey, BC, Canada
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Vitali Moiseenko Vancouver Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Alexander Agranovich Fraser Valley Centre, British Columbia Cancer Centre, Surrey, BC, Canada
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Anand Karvat Fraser Valley Centre, British Columbia Cancer Centre, Surrey, BC, Canada
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Winkle Kwan Fraser Valley Centre, British Columbia Cancer Centre, Surrey, BC, Canada
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Ziad H. Saleh Department of Radiation Oncology and the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
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Aditya A. Apte Department of Radiation Oncology and the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
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Joseph O. Deasy Department of Radiation Oncology and the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MOCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1040-1044 | Received 21 May 2010, Accepted 24 Jun 2010, Published online: 13 Sep 2010

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