Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 111-119 , April 2006

Modeling Growth Kinetics and Statistical Distribution of Oligometastases

  • H. Rodney Withers, MD, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to H. Rodney Withers, MD, DSc, Department of Radiation Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6951
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  • Steve P. Lee, MD, PhD

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PII: S1053-4296(05)00101-3

doi: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2005.12.006

Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 111-119 , April 2006

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