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Original Article

Prognostic factors for tumour response and skin damage to combined radiotherapy and hyperthermia in superficial recurrent breast carcinomas

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Pages 337-355 | Received 25 Feb 1994, Accepted 20 Jul 1994, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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