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Letter to the editor on: F. Campostrini et al. Association between acute histopathological changes of rectal walls and late radiation proctitis following radiotherapy for prostate cancer

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A Letter to the Editor to this article was published on 09 December 2020

The Original Article was published on 12 March 2020

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  1. Department of Radiology, Faculty of Para-Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar-Abbas, Iran

    Mahdieh Afkhami Ardekani MSc

  2. Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Mahmoud Navaser MSc & Hamed Ghaffari MSc

  3. Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran

    Soheila Refahi PhD

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Afkhami Ardekani, M., Navaser, M., Ghaffari, H. et al. Letter to the editor on: F. Campostrini et al. Association between acute histopathological changes of rectal walls and late radiation proctitis following radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Strahlenther Onkol 197, 353–354 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00066-020-01719-4

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