Breast Radiation and the Heart: Cardiac Toxicity and Cardiac Avoidance.

Clin Breast Cancer

Department of Radiation Oncology, Seidman Cancer Center University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University Medical School, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address:

Published: December 2021

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