Emergence of FLASH‑radiotherapy across the last 50 years (Review)
- Authors:
- Menghua Li
- Sen Zhou
- Guofu Dong
- Changzhen Wang
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Affiliations: Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing 100850, P.R. China - Published online on: October 11, 2024 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2024.14735
- Article Number: 602
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Copyright: © Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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