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1 MSCC Service, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
2 Clinical Oncology Department, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK; Division of Cancer Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
3 Department of Radiation Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
4 Department of Radiation Oncology, New York Proton Center, New York, NY, USA.
5 Department of Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
6 Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
7 Department of Clinical Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
8 Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Medicine, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
9 Department of Haemato-oncology, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
10 Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines; Benavides Cancer Institute, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines.
11 Department of Radiation Oncology, BC Cancer, Vancouver, Canada.
12 Department of Palliative Medicine, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
13 Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
14 Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Palliative Care, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.