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Image-guided radiation therapy: a new era for the radiation oncologist?

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  1. Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology-National Research Council (IBFM-CNR), Milan, Italy

    Filippo Alongi

  2. Radiotherapy-Tomotherapy, Scientific Institute H San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy

    Filippo Alongi & Nadia Di Muzio

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Alongi, F., Di Muzio, N. Image-guided radiation therapy: a new era for the radiation oncologist?. Int J Clin Oncol 14, 568–569 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10147-009-0896-1

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