Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 199-205 , February 2010

Correction strategies to manage deformations in head-and-neck radiotherapy

Received 19 October 2009 ,Revised 14 December 2009 ,Accepted 20 December 2009.

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☆ Supported by a grant from the Dutch Cancer Society (NKI:2005-3378).

PII: S0167-8140(09)00674-4

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.12.016

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 199-205 , February 2010

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