The Risk of Secondary Malignancies Over 30 Years After the Treatment of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma T ward et al. 1 reported a significantly elevated risk of mesothe- lioma in a population-based study of survivors of non-Hodgkin lymphoma who were treated with radiation. Although the authors were not aware
The risk of secondary malignancies over 30 years after the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
โ Scribed by Jonathan D. Tward; Merideth M. M. Wendland; Dennis C. Shrieve; Aniko Szabo; David K. Gaffney
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 98 KB
- Volume
- 107
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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