Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 116-120 , April 2010

Adaptive Management of Bladder Cancer Radiotherapy

  • Floris Pos, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Floris Pos, MD, PhD, Department of Radiotherapy, The Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Peter Remeijer, PhD

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doi: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2009.11.005

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Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 116-120 , April 2010

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