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Review
. 2001 Nov 10;323(7321):1107-10.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7321.1107.

Recent advances: Radiotherapy

R P Symonds  1
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Review

Recent advances: Radiotherapy

R P Symonds. BMJ. .
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Tissues irradiated in the treatment of prostate cancer (red: rectum; orange: prostate; green: bladder; green stripes: treated volume)
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