Radiosensitivity in the breast cancer management scenario: another step forward?

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Icro Meattini et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Oct.

. 2016 Oct;8(10):E1361-E1363.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.10.24.

¹ Radiation Oncology Unit, Oncology Department, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi-University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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