Normal-tissue toxicities of thoracic radiation therapy: esophagus, lung, and spinal cord as organs at risk

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America - Tập 18 Số 1 - Trang 131-160 - 2004
Maria Werner‐Wasik1, Xiaoli Yu2, Lawrence B. Marks2, Timothy E. Schultheiss3
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center of Jefferson Medical College, 111 South 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
2Department of Radiation Oncology, Box 3085, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
3Radiation Physics, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, USA

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