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Palliative External Beam Thoracic Radiotherapy

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  • Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
  • Thoracic Radiotherapy
  • High Dose Regimen
  • Radiation Myelopathy
  • Lung Cancer Symptom Scale

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  1. Velindre Hospital, Whitchurch, Cardiff, CF14 2TL, UK

    Jason Lester FRCR & Fergus Macbeth FRCR

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 226, 81657, München, Germany

    Branislav Jeremić MD, PhD

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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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