Interventions for preventing and managing radiation-induced skin reactions in cancer patients

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chan, Raymond J ^a   Webster, Joan ^a   Battistutta, Diana ^b   Chung, Bryan ^c   Brooks, Lance ^d  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Queensland Cancer Fund   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTED ARTICLE;

EID: 85041535708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008522.pub2     Document Type: Article

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