Breast cancer after radiotherapy for skin hemangioma in infancy

Radiation Research

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 225-230

  Lundell, Marie ^a   Mattsson, Anders ^a   Hakulinen, Timo ^a,b   Holm, Lars Erik ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN HEMANGIOMA;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMMA RAYS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; X-RAYS;

EID: 0030042864     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579178     Document Type: Article

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