Late dermal effects of breast cancer radiotherapy

Abstract Radiotherapy is used in the treatment of breast cancer in order to reduce local recurrence rate. However, radiation is known to cause both acute and delayed side-effects on normal tissues. A common late complication of radiotherapy is fibrosis of skin and other organs. Fibrosis has been de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Riekki, R. (Riitta)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Oulu 2006
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Online Access:http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9514282760
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