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. 1960 Dec;14(4):627–636. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1960.69

Results in the Treatment of Cancer of the Breast by Interstitial Irradiation of the Pituitary

W P Greening, G S Ramsay, J J Stevenson, E Boyland, P C Rigby-Jones, B Godsmark

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