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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Medical College Virginia Campus, 401 College Street, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA

    Douglas W. Arthur

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, William Beaumont Hospital, 3577 W. Thirteen Mile Road, Ste. 210, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA

    Frank A. Vicini

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA, 02111, USA

    David E. Wazer

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Arthur, D.W., Vicini, F.A., Wazer, D.E. (2006). Who is a Candidate for Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation?. In: Wazer, D.E., Arthur, D.W., Vicini, F.A. (eds) Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28203-3_2

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