'If we get too close to your bones they'll go brittle': women's initial fears about radiotherapy for early breast cancer.

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Published in Psychooncology on September 01, 2008

Authors

Georgia K B Halkett1, Linda J Kristjanson, Elizabeth A Lobb

Author Affiliations

1: WA Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA, Australia. g.halkett@curtin.edu.au

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