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Clinical Applications of Low Dose Rate and Medium Dose Rate Brachytherapy

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  3. Division of Radiation Physics, Washington University Medical Center, 4921 Parkview Place, Campus Box 8224, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA

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Perez, C.A., Zwicker, R.D., Li, Z. (2006). Clinical Applications of Low Dose Rate and Medium 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_14

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