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Are we ready to change treatment planning for left-side breast cancer radiotherapy?

Tomasz Piotrowski12, Julian Malicki12
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Nowotwory. Journal of Oncology 2022;72(4):247-249.
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  1. Department of Medical Physics, Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznan, Poland
  2. Department of Electroradiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland

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Vol 72, No 4 (2022)
Invited editorial
Published online: 2022-08-22

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Title

Are we ready to change treatment planning for left-side breast cancer radiotherapy?

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Nowotwory. Journal of Oncology

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Vol 72, No 4 (2022)

Article type

Invited editorial

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247-249

Published online

2022-08-22

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DOI

10.5603/NJO.2022.0038

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Nowotwory. Journal of Oncology 2022;72(4):247-249.

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Tomasz Piotrowski
Julian Malicki

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