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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, Ana de Viya 21 Avenue, 11009, Cádiz, Spain

    Sara Garduño-Sánchez, Isabel Villanego-Beltrán, María Dolores de las Peñas-Cabrera & Javier Jaén-Olasolo

  2. Biomedical Research and Innovation Institute of Cádiz (INiBICA) Research Unit, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, Cádiz, Spain

    Sara Garduño-Sánchez, Isabel Villanego-Beltrán & Javier Jaén-Olasolo

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Rey Juan Carlos University Hospital, Gladiolo s/n, 28933, Madrid, Spain

    María Dolores de las Peñas-Cabrera

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Garduño-Sánchez, S., Villanego-Beltrán, I., de las Peñas-Cabrera, M.D. et al. Response to letter to the Editor. Clin Transl Oncol 24, 1831–1832 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12094-022-02828-5

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