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Original Articles

A margin-of-the-day online adaptive intensity-modulated radiotherapy strategy for cervical cancer provides superior treatment accuracy compared to clinically recommended margins: A dosimetric evaluation

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Pages 1430-1436 | Received 03 May 2013, Accepted 04 Jun 2013, Published online: 01 Aug 2013

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