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
Radiation-induced changes in taste acuity in cancer patients
β Scribed by Kenneth L. Mossman; Robert I. Henkin
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 833 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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