Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 58-66 , January 2008

Image-Guided Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Treating a Moving Target

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doi: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2007.09.008

Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 58-66 , January 2008

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