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Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 15-22 , February 2006

Radiotherapy Treatment Verification in the UK: An Audit of Practice in 2004

J. Stratford
- Wade Centre for Radiotherapy Research, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester, UK
K. Ball
- Radiotherapy Department, Guy's & St Thomas's NHS Trust, London, UK
A.M. Henry
- Clinical Oncology Department, Cookridge Hospital, Leeds, UK
J.N. Cullen
- Academic Department of Radiation Oncology, Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK
R. Swindell
- Medical Statistics Department, Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK
P. Price
- Academic Department of Radiation Oncology, Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK
P. Jain
- Academic Department of Radiation Oncology, Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK
- Author for correspondence: P. Jain, Academic Department of Radiation Oncology, Christie Hospital, Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 4BX, UK. Tel: +44-161-446-8249; Fax: +44-161-446-8111.

Received 11 May 2005 ,Revised 12 September 2005 ,Accepted 14 September 2005.

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