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Partial-Breast Irradiation or Whole-Breast Radiotherapy for Early Breast Cancer: a Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

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  1. Department of Radiotherapy, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary

    Csaba Polgár MD

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

    Vratislav Strnad

  3. Interdisciplinary Brachytherapy Unit, University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

    György Kovács

  4. Department of Radiotherapy, National Institute of Oncology, Ráth Gy. u. 7–9, Budapest, H-1122, Hungary

    Csaba Polgár MD

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Polgár, C., Strnad, V. & Kovács, G. Partial-Breast Irradiation or Whole-Breast Radiotherapy for Early Breast Cancer: a Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials. Strahlenther Onkol 186, 113–114 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00066-010-3001-9

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