Family history of cancer as a risk factor for second malignancies after Hodgkin's lymphoma
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Cancer
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0007-0920,1532-1827
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604244