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Modelling Radiotherapy Fractionation Schemes

Examining the validity of Poissonian models against the birth and death TCP model for various radiotherapy fractionation schemes

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Pages 711-717 | Received 20 Oct 2009, Accepted 22 Feb 2010, Published online: 29 Jun 2010

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