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High-LET Radiations

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Radiotherapy, Surgery, and Immunotherapy

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Radiation oncology, like most branches of medicine, is predominantly a clinical art, with the admixture of a small amount of science. Changes and improvements in this field may be empirical, based on a gradual evolution of accepted techniques, or they may be a direct result of laboratory-based research. While most advances in radiation oncology have been of the former kind, the introduction of high-LET radiations in undoubtedly one of the first concrete examples of the latter.

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Hall, E.J. (1977). High-LET Radiations. In: Becker, F.F. (eds) Radiotherapy, Surgery, and Immunotherapy. Cancer, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2739-4_8

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