Life after breast cancer: dealing with lymphoedema.

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Published in Clin Med Insights Oncol on February 07, 2011

Authors

Esther Uña Cidón1, Christian Perea, Francisco López-Lara

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Oncology Department, Clinical University Hospital of Valladolid, Spain.

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