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Nationwide prevalence and trends of acute cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events among adult breast cancer survivors with a history of radiation therapy

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    Snehal Bansod

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    Rupak Desai

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Bansod, S., Desai, R. Nationwide prevalence and trends of acute cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events among adult breast cancer survivors with a history of radiation therapy. Breast Cancer Res Treat 180, 267–268 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-020-05535-3

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