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. 2014 Oct 7:4:269.
doi: 10.3389/fonc.2014.00269. eCollection 2014.

Cardiac avoidance in breast radiotherapy: many choices for a worthwhile objective

Atif J Khan  1 , Sharad Goyal  1 , Frank A Vicini  2
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Cardiac avoidance in breast radiotherapy: many choices for a worthwhile objective

Atif J Khan et al. Front Oncol. .
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Keywords: accelerated partial breast irradiation; cardiac avoidance; deep inspiration breath hold; prone breast; proton therapy.

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