Intensity-modulated radiotherapy significantly reduces xerostomia compared with conventional radiotherapy
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- 1 November 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in International Journal of Radiation Oncology - Biology - Physics (IJROBP)
- Vol. 66 (4) , 975-980
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