The future of photon external-beam radiotherapy: the dream and the reality
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This paper is a Commentary on the future of the science of radiotherapy with specific respect to its technical basis. The Commentary is rooted as far as possible from an appreciation of the current frontiers of the subject, and the work at both this Centre and worldwide together with due note of some lessons from history.
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