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Relative biological effectiveness of boron ions on human melanoma cells

L. M. Persson Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Box 260, SE 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden and Research Center for Radiation Therapy, VINNOVA Competence Center at Karolinska Instituet, Stockholm, Sweden
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M. R. Edgren Research Center for Radiation Therapy, VINNOVA Competence Center at Karolinska Instituet, Stockholm, Sweden
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B. Stenerlöw Biomedical Radiation Sciences, Department of Oncology, Radiobiology and Clinical Immunology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, SE 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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B. K. Lind Research Center for Radiation Therapy, VINNOVA Competence Center at Karolinska Instituet, Stockholm, Sweden
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I. Hedlöf Research Center for Radiation Therapy, VINNOVA Competence Center at Karolinska Instituet, Stockholm, Sweden
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A. R.-M. Jernberg Research Center for Radiation Therapy, VINNOVA Competence Center at Karolinska Instituet, Stockholm, Sweden
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A. E. Meijer Research Center for Radiation Therapy, VINNOVA Competence Center at Karolinska Instituet, Stockholm, Sweden
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A. Brahme Research Center for Radiation Therapy, VINNOVA Competence Center at Karolinska Instituet, Stockholm, Sweden
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