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Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer

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  1. The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21287-5001, USA

    Cindy L. Schwartz

  2. Division of Oncology, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th St. & Civic Ctr. Blvd., Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Wendy L. Hobbie

  3. Radiation Oncology and Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 647, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA

    Louis S. Constine

  4. Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90027, USA

    Kathleen S. Ruccione

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Friedman, D.L. (2005). The Ovary. In: Schwartz, C.L., Hobbie, W.L., Constine, L.S., Ruccione, K.S. (eds) Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer. Pediatric Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26498-1_13

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