Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 95, Issue 3 , Pages 261-268 , June 2010

Dose-rate effects in external beam radiotherapy redux

  • C. Clifton Ling

      Affiliations

    • Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA, USA
    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Hospital, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • Leo E. Gerweck and C. Clifton Ling contributed equally.
    • ,
  • Leo E. Gerweck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Marco Zaider

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Hospital, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Ellen Yorke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Hospital, New York, NY, USA

Received 28 December 2009 ,Revised 10 March 2010 ,Accepted 10 March 2010.

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Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 95, Issue 3 , Pages 261-268 , June 2010

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