Radiotherapy: avoiding lymphedema

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Teresa Villanueva. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2014 Mar.

. 2014 Mar;11(3):121.

doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2014.8. Epub 2014 Jan 28.

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