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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Health Science Center, P.O. Box 100385, Gainesville, FL, 32610-0385, USA

    William M. Mendenhall MD, Robert J. Amdur MD & Jatinder R. Palta PhD

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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)

  4. Physics Section, 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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Mendenhall, W.M., Amdur, R.J., Palta, J.R. (2006). Head and Neck Cancer. 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_18

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