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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Radiation-induced oesophageal carcinoma after breast carcinoma: A report of five cases including three successfully treated by radiochemotherapy

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Pages 1184-1186 | Received 28 Dec 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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