Radiation therapy for breast cancer and increased risk for esophageal carcinoma

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 114-117

  Ahsan, Habibul ^a   Neugut, Alfred I ^b  

^a New York State Psychiatric Institute   (United States)

^b The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031983292     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-2-199801150-00007     Document Type: Article

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