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. 2019 Oct;46(10):4287-4290.
doi: 10.1002/mp.13685. Epub 2019 Aug 29.

FLASH radiotherapy: Newsflash or flash in the pan?

Peter G Maxim  1 , Paul Keall  2 , Jing Cai
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FLASH radiotherapy: Newsflash or flash in the pan?

Peter G Maxim et al. Med Phys. 2019 Oct.
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