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ArticleJournal of applied clinical medical physics2026

Three-Discipline Collaborative Radiation Therapy (3DCRT) debate: Medical physics should focus less on geometric precision and more on biological outcomes.

François de Kermenguy, Susannah G Ellsworth, Andrea Facciabene, Marco Durante, Roberto Pacelli, Joel St-Aubin, Dongxu Wang

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Article in Journal of applied clinical medical physics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

François de KermenguyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3293-6471
Susannah G EllsworthDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Andrea FacciabeneDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Marco DuranteBiophysics Department, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4615-553X
Roberto PacelliDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Joel St-AubinDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9356-8567
Dongxu WangDepartment of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9371-195X

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PMID42219652
PMCPMC13239228

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