Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 249-259 , October 2006

Radiation Therapy With Charged Particles

  • Daniela Schulz-Ertner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
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  • Oliver Jäkel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Germany.
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  • Wolfgang Schlegel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Germany.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Wolfgang Schlegel, PhD, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (dkfz), Abteilung Medizinische Physik in der Strahlentherapie (E040), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

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PII: S1053-4296(06)00034-8

doi: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2006.04.008

Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 249-259 , October 2006

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