Gold nanoparticle-enhanced radiotherapy: Dependence of the macroscopic dose enhancement on the microscopic localization of the nanoparticles within the tumor vasculature

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About the Authors

C. A. Díaz-Galindo

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unidad Monterrey, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Apodaca NL, México

H. M. Garnica-Garza

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unidad Monterrey, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Apodaca NL, México

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Radiation therapy
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