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. 2019 Oct:139:64-65.
doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2019.07.009. Epub 2019 Aug 16.

Response to letter regarding "An integrated physico-chemical approach for explaining the differential impact of FLASH versus conventional dose rate irradiation on cancer and normal tissue responses"

Douglas R Spitz  1 , Garry R Buettner  1 , Charles L Limoli  2
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Response to letter regarding "An integrated physico-chemical approach for explaining the differential impact of FLASH versus conventional dose rate irradiation on cancer and normal tissue responses"

Douglas R Spitz et al. Radiother Oncol. 2019 Oct.

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Response to Ling et al. regarding “An integrated physico-chemical approach for explaining the differential impact of FLASH versus conventional dose rate irradiation on cancer and normal tissue responses”

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