Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 96, Issue 1 , Pages 43-47 , July 2010

Migration of intraprostatic fiducial markers and its influence on the matching quality in external beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer

Received 7 December 2009 ,Revised 9 March 2010 ,Accepted 13 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.03.017

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 96, Issue 1 , Pages 43-47 , July 2010

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