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Bedside to Bench Report

Abscopal effect of radiation on bone metastases of breast cancer: A case report

, MPH, MBA (Director of Radiation Oncology) , , MD (Director of Radiology Department) , , Medical radiologist (Medical radiologist) & , PhD, MAMM, BScPharm (Director of Pharmacy)
Pages 20-24 | Received 05 Jul 2017, Accepted 15 Oct 2017, Published online: 27 Dec 2017

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