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What is the risk of cardiac morbidity with adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer?

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boxed-textPatt DA et al. (2005) Cardiac morbidity of adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 23: 7475–7482

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Vallis, K. What is the risk of cardiac morbidity with adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer?. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 3, 180–181 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc0477

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