Advantages of intensity modulated proton therapy during hippocampal avoidance whole brain radiation therapy
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عنوان ژورنال: Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2405-6316
DOI: 10.1016/j.phro.2018.11.001