Tomotherapy: a "revolution" in Radiation Therapy
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1 Manager, Clinical Physics, London Regional Cancer Centre and Professor, Oncology, Medical Biophysics, Physics and Astronomy, Diagnostic Imaging, University of Western Ontario 2 Senior Physicist and Tomotherapy Project Coordinator, London Regional Cancer Centre and Associate Professor, Oncology, Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario 3 Medical Director, Radiation Treatment Program, London Regional Cancer Centre and Associate Professor, Oncology, University of Western Ontario 4 Director, Research and Education, London Regional Cancer Centre, Head, Division of Radiation Oncology and Professor, Oncology, Medical Biophysics, Physics and Astronomy, Diagnostic Imaging, University of Western Ontario
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