Palliative radiation therapy for superior vena cava syndrome in metastatic Wilms tumor using 10XFFF and 3D surface imaging to avoid anesthesia in a pediatric patient—a teaching case
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a Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California b Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California c University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio d Department of Radiation Oncology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California e Department of Radiation Oncology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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