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Radiobiology of Low- and High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy

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  1. Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Medical Center, 630, West 168th St., New York, NY, 10032, USA

    Eric J. Hall D. Phil., DSc, FACR, FRCR (Higgins Professor of Radiation Biophysics) & David J. Brenner PhD, DSc (Professor of Radiation Oncology and Public Health)

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  1. Department of Therapeutic Radiation, Oncology MMC 436, University of Minnesota Hospital, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Seymour H. Levitt MD (Professor and Foreign Adjunct Professor) (Professor and Foreign Adjunct Professor)

  2. Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden

    Seymour H. Levitt MD (Professor and Foreign Adjunct Professor) (Professor and Foreign Adjunct Professor)

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, UC Davis Medical Center, 4501 X Street, Suite G140, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA

    James A. Purdy PhD (Professor, Vice Chairman and Chief) (Professor, Vice Chairman and Chief)

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    James A. Purdy PhD (Professor, Vice Chairman and Chief) (Professor, Vice Chairman and Chief)

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Hall, E.J., Brenner, D.J. (2006). Radiobiology of Low- and High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy. In: Levitt, S.H., Purdy, J.A. (eds) Technical Basis of Radiation Therapy. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-35665-7_13

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