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Proton beam therapy for cancer

Derek S. Tsang and Samir Patel
CMAJ June 17, 2019 191 (24) E664-E666; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.190008
Derek S. Tsang
Radiation Medicine Program (Tsang), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network; Division of Haematology/Oncology (Tsang), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Divisions of Radiation Oncology and Pediatric Oncology (Patel), Cross Cancer Institute and Stollery Children’s Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
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Samir Patel
Radiation Medicine Program (Tsang), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network; Division of Haematology/Oncology (Tsang), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Divisions of Radiation Oncology and Pediatric Oncology (Patel), Cross Cancer Institute and Stollery Children’s Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
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