Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
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Original paper

A novel patient-specific solution for Merkel cell carcinoma in high-dose-rate brachytherapy

Wei Nie
1
,
Xiaofeng Zhu
1
,
Gosia D’Souza
2
,
Audrey Copeland
1, 3
,
Mindy Joo
1
,
Jiajin Fan
1
,
Sarah Gao
1
,
Xing Li
1, 4

  1. Inova Schar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, VA, United States
  2. Adaptiiv Medical Technologies Inc., Halifax, NS, Canada
  3. New York University, New York, NY, United States
  4. Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, United States
J Contemp Brachytherapy 2026
Online publish date: 2026/03/30
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