Determinants of quality of life in patients with breast cancer undergoing external beam radiotherapy
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Corresponding author: Justyna Chalubinska-Fendler MD Department of Radiotherapy Medical University of Lodz 4 Paderewskiego St 93-509 Lodz, Poland Phone: +48 42 689 54 05 Fax: +48 42 689 55 50 E-mail: [email protected] 1Department of Radiotherapy, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland 2Department of Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland 3 Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngeal Oncology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland 4 Department of Pediatrics, Oncology, Hematology and Diabetology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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