Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 172-179 , November 2008

Inter-fraction bladder filling variations and time trends for cervical cancer patients assessed with a portable 3-dimensional ultrasound bladder scanner

Received 16 January 2008 ,Revised 23 June 2008 ,Accepted 6 July 2008.

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☆ Part of this material was presented at the 2007 ESTRO Meeting in Barcelona, Spain.

PII: S0167-8140(08)00367-8

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.07.005

Radiotherapy & Oncology
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