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Original Articles: Radiation Therapy

Dosimetric comparison of five different techniques for craniospinal irradiation across 15 European centers: analysis on behalf of the SIOP-E-BTG (radiotherapy working group)

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Pages 1240-1249 | Received 18 Aug 2017, Accepted 08 Apr 2018, Published online: 26 Apr 2018

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