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Letter - Acneiform Rash as a Reaction to Radiotherapy in a Breast Cancer Patient


 

Acknowledgments

M. E. L. is supported by a Career Development Award from the Dermatology Foundation and a Zell Scholarship of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University in Chicago, IL.

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