Brachytherapy
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 216-217 , October 2006

To plan or not to plan? That is the question

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doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2006.08.002

Brachytherapy
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 216-217 , October 2006

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