Predicting Organ-Specific Risk Interactions between Radiation and Chemotherapy in Secondary Cancer Survivors
Several studies have shown that pediatric patients have an increased risk of developing a secondary malignancy several decades after treatment with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. In this work, we use a biologically motivated mathematical formalism to estimate the relative risks of breast, lung and t...
Main Authors: | Venkata S.K. Manem, Clemens Grassberger, Harald Paganetti |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-09-01
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Series: | Cancers |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/9/9/119 |
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