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Secondary sarcomas after radiotherapy for breast cancer†

Sustained risk and poor survival

  1. Carlos M. Mery MD, MPH1,
  2. Suzanne George MD2,
  3. Monica M. Bertagnolli MD1,
  4. Chandrajit P. Raut MD, MSc1,‡,*

Article first published online: 12 JUN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24462

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 115, Issue 18, pages 4055–4063, 15 September 2009

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Mery, C. M., George, S., Bertagnolli, M. M. and Raut, C. P. (2009), Secondary sarcomas after radiotherapy for breast cancer. Cancer, 115: 4055–4063. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24462

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  1. 1

    Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

  2. 2

    Department of Medical Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

  1. ‡

    Fax: (617) 582-6177

*Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115

  1. †

    Presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Chicago, Illinois, June 2-6, 2007.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 4 SEP 2009
  2. Article first published online: 12 JUN 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 29 JAN 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 25 JAN 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 3 NOV 2008

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