Radiation therapy and the risk of contralateral breast cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 920-921

  Haffty, Bruce G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONCOGENE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0038048331     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00204-9     Document Type: Editorial

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