Magnus Strandqvist: 50th anniversary of his doctoral thesis.
This article is dedicated to Magnus Strandqvist's famous doctoral thesis "Studien über die kumulative Wirkung der Röntgenstrahlen bei Fraktionierung. Erfahrungen aus dem Radiumhemmet an 280 Haut- und Lippenkarzinomen" published in Acta Radiologica in 1944. After a short biography of Strandqvist some central points of his work and their influence on future development of modern radiotherapy are presented.
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Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
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