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Reexamining the role of tissue inflammation in radiation carcinogenesis: a hypothesis to explain an earlier onset of cancer

Pages 1341-1351 | Received 19 Oct 2020, Accepted 30 Jun 2021, Published online: 26 Jul 2021

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