International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 77, Issue 5 , Pages 1561-1572 , 1 August 2010

Online Adaptive Replanning Method for Prostate Radiotherapy

Presented in part as an oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, September 21–24, 2008, Boston, MA.

Received 4 April 2009 ,Revised 27 September 2009 ,Accepted 20 October 2009.

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 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(09)03391-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.10.013

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 77, Issue 5 , Pages 1561-1572 , 1 August 2010

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