Radiotherapy in pleural malignant mesothelioma: why not! In regard to Scorsetti et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010;77:942-949); Krayenbuehl et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010;78:628-634)

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