The risk of a second malignancy was determined for 999 patients given primary treatment using chemotherapy only, radiation therapy only, or both for Hodgkin's Disease or a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at Duke University Medical Center between 1970 and 1981. The incidence, lo-year actuarial risk, and relat
Impact of radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy on the risk for a second malignancy after breast cancer
β Scribed by Robert S. Lavey; Nancy L. Eby; Leonard R. Prosnitz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 836 KB
- Volume
- 66
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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