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  1. Department of Stereotaxy and Functional Neurosurgery, University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany

    Harald Treuer, Moritz Hoevels, Klaus Luyken, Veerle Visser-Vandewalle, Jochen Wirths & Maximilian Ruge

  2. Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Martin Kocher

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H. Treuer, M. Hoevels, K. Luyken, V. Visser-Vandewalle, J. Wirths, M. Kocher, and M. Ruge state that there are no conflicts of interest.

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Fiorentino A., Giaj Levra N., Mazzola R., Fersino S., Ricchetti F., Alongi F. (2015) Dosimetrics of intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery. Only “an exercise of style”? Strahlenther Onkol DOI 10.1007/s00066-015-0879-2

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Treuer, H., Hoevels, M., Luyken, K. et al. Authors’ reply to “Dosimetric of intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery: only ‘an exercise of style’”. Strahlenther Onkol 191, 812–813 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00066-015-0881-8

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