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Original Articles

Clinical outcomes of image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) with gold fiducial vaginal cuff markers for high-risk endometrial cancer

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Pages 1010-1016 | Received 15 Jun 2012, Accepted 11 Aug 2012, Published online: 24 Sep 2012

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