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Is postmastectomy radiotherapy really needed in breast cancer patients with many positive axillary lymph nodes? Cover

Is postmastectomy radiotherapy really needed in breast cancer patients with many positive axillary lymph nodes?

By: Tanja Marinko and  Karmen Stanic  
Open Access
|Mar 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2018-0012 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 275 - 280
Submitted on: Dec 13, 2017
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Accepted on: Dec 21, 2017
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Published on: Mar 8, 2018
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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