Compensability index for compensation radiotherapy after treatment interruptions.
Background: The goal of our work was to develop a simple method to evaluate a compensation treatment after unplanned treatment interruptions with respect to their tumour- and normal tissue effect.Methods: We developed a software tool in java programming language based on existing recommendations to...
| Published in: | Radiation Oncology Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 208 - 209 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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BioMed Central
2012
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