International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 69, Issue 5 , Pages 1587-1592 , 1 December 2007

Restricted Field IMRT Dramatically Enhances IMRT Planning for Mesothelioma

Received 30 March 2007 ,Revised 26 June 2007 ,Accepted 29 June 2007.

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 Presented in part at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Philadelphia, PA, November 5–9, 2006.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(07)03690-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.06.075

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 69, Issue 5 , Pages 1587-1592 , 1 December 2007

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