Development of a Standardized Method for Contouring the Lumbosacral Plexus: A Preliminary Dosimetric Analysis of this Organ at Risk Among 15 Patients Treated With Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Lower Gastrointestinal Cancers and the Incidence of Radiation-Induced Lumbosacral Plexopathy
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- 1 October 2012
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
- Vol. 84 (2), 376-382
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.11.074
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