Radiation-induced scleroderma in breast cancer patients appears to occur in approximately one out of every 500 patients. We report four cases that developed within 3 months of conservative breast surgery and postoperative radiation treatment. The reaction was contained entirely within the treatment
Localized scleroderma in breast cancer patients treated with supervoltageexternal beam radiation: Radiation port scleroderma
β Scribed by COL Kathleen J. Smith; CDR Josef Yeager; Henry G. Skelton
- Book ID
- 117395761
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 226 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6787
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