Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 107-115 , April 2010

Adaptive Management of Liver Cancer Radiotherapy

  • Kristy K. Brock, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Kristy K. Brock, PhD, Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, 610 University Avenue, Rm 7–502B, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2M9
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  • Laura A. Dawson, MD

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 Dr Brock is supported by a research chair from Cancer Care Ontario. Her research is supported in part by NIH 1R01CA124714-01A2 and National Cancer Institute of Canada-Terry Fox Foundation. She also receives funding from Elekta Oncology Systems, Philips Medical Systems, and RaySearch Laboratories and serves on the IMPAC Physics Advisory Board.

 Dr Dawson's research is supported in part by National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC #18207), The Canadian Cancer Society, Canadian Institutes for Health Research (#02477), and Elekta Oncology Systems.

PII: S1053-4296(09)00078-2

doi: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2009.11.004

Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 107-115 , April 2010

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