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Radiotherapy

Prescribing and evaluating target dose in dose-painting treatment plans

Katrin HåkanssonSection of Radiotherapy, Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Lena SpechtSection of Radiotherapy, Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Marianne C. AznarSection of Radiotherapy, Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Jacob H. RasmussenSection of Radiotherapy, Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Søren M. BentzenDivision of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, USA;Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
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Ivan R. VogeliusSection of Radiotherapy, Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pages 1251-1256 | Received 29 Nov 2013, Accepted 10 Mar 2014, Published online: 10 Jun 2014

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