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Review Article

Hyperthermia combined with radiation therapy for superficial breast cancer and chest wall recurrence: A review of the randomised data

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Pages 612-617 | Received 03 Feb 2010, Accepted 17 Apr 2010, Published online: 17 Sep 2010

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