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Letter to the Editor

Radiation therapy in primary testicular lymphoma: does practice match the standard of care?

Thomas A. Ollilaa Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; ;b Division of Hematology and Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Adam J. Olszewskia Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; ;b Division of Hematology and Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6472-6658View further author information
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Pages 523-526 | Received 29 Apr 2018, Accepted 19 May 2018, Published online: 03 Jul 2018

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