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  1. Division of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona

    J. A. Martenson Jr. MD (Consultant and Professor of Oncology) & M. G. Haddock MD (Consultant and Associate Professor of Oncology)

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 2nd St. SW DeskR, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

    J. A. Martenson Jr. MD (Consultant and Professor of Oncology), M. G. Haddock MD (Consultant and Associate Professor of Oncology) & L. L. Gunderson MD (Chair and Professor of Oncology)

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona

    L. L. Gunderson MD (Chair and Professor of Oncology)

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Martenson, J.A., Haddock, M.G., Gunderson, L.L. (2006). Cancers of the Colon, Rectum, and Anus. 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_22

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