Planning Target Volume Determination of Internal Mammary Nodes in Breast Cancer using 4DCT
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0360-3016
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.07.1521