Low-dose radiotherapy: Mayday, mayday. We've been hit!

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Universitätsstr. 27, 91054, Erlangen, Germany. oliver.ott@uk-erlangen.de.
² Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Franziskus Hospital, Bielefeld, Germany.
³ Department of Radiotherapy RheinMainNahe, Bad Kreuznach, Germany.
⁴ Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany.
⁵ Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
⁶ Department of Radiotherapy, Klinikum Lippe GmbH, Lemgo, Germany.
⁷ Department of Radiation Oncology, Strahlenzentrum Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
⁸ Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, University of Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.
⁹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Universitätsstr. 27, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.

Editorial

Oliver J Ott et al. Strahlenther Onkol. 2019 Apr.

. 2019 Apr;195(4):285-288.

doi: 10.1007/s00066-018-1412-1. Epub 2018 Dec 18.

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Universitätsstr. 27, 91054, Erlangen, Germany. oliver.ott@uk-erlangen.de.
² Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Franziskus Hospital, Bielefeld, Germany.
³ Department of Radiotherapy RheinMainNahe, Bad Kreuznach, Germany.
⁴ Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany.
⁵ Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
⁶ Department of Radiotherapy, Klinikum Lippe GmbH, Lemgo, Germany.
⁷ Department of Radiation Oncology, Strahlenzentrum Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
⁸ Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, University of Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.
⁹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Universitätsstr. 27, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.

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