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Lester, J., Macbeth, F. (2005). Palliative External Beam Thoracic Radiotherapy. In: Jeremić, B. (eds) Advances in Radiation Oncology in Lung Cancer. Medical Radiology Radiation Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26632-1_18
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