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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Minnesota Medical School, MMC436, 420 Delaware St. S.E., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Kathryn E. Dusenbery MD

  2. Therapeutic Radiology — Radiation Oncology, University of Minnesota, Mayo Mail Code 494, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Bruce J. Gerbi PhD (Associate Professor)

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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)

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Dusenbery, K.E., Gerbi, B.J. (2006). Radiation Therapy for Cervical 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_24

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