Foreword: Hadron Therapy - From Yesterday's Physics Laboratory to Today's Modern Clinical Routine

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 353-354

  Paganetti, Harald ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HADRON THERAPY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HISTORY; LABORATORY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0242330236     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460300200501     Document Type: Editorial

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