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Early and Late Normal-tissue Injury after Postmastectomy Radiotherapy Alone or Combined with Chemotherapy

Søren M. Bentzen Department of Medical Physics, Radiumstationen, DK-8000, Aarhus C., Denmark
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Marie Overgaard Department of Oncology, Radiumstationen, DK-8000, Aarhus C., Denmark
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Howard D. Thames Department of Biomathematics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Jens Juul Christensen Danish Cancer Society, Department of Experimental Clinical Oncology, Aarhus, Denmark
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Jens Overgaard Department of Medical Physics, Radiumstationen, DK-8000, Aarhus C., Denmark
Pages 711-715 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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