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Author’s reply to Ruo Redda MG et al. concerning “Dosimetric comparison between intensity-modulated radiotherapy and standard wedged tangential technique for whole-breast radiotherapy in Asian women with relatively small breast volumes”

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  1. Department of Radiation Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, North 15 West 7 Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan

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Tsuchiya, K. Author’s reply to Ruo Redda MG et al. concerning “Dosimetric comparison between intensity-modulated radiotherapy and standard wedged tangential technique for whole-breast radiotherapy in Asian women with relatively small breast volumes”. Radiol Phys Technol 7, 389–390 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12194-014-0267-0

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