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Rates of myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease and risk factors in patients treated with radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer

✍ Scribed by Reshma Jagsi; Kent A. Griffith; Todd Koelling; Rachel Roberts; Lori J. Pierce

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 130 KB
Volume: 109
Category: Article
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22452

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