Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 3-11 , January 2010

Cancer Genesis Across the Age Spectrum: Associations With Tissue Development, Maintenance, and Senescence

  • Philip Rubin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
    • ,
  • Jacqueline P. Williams, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
    • ,
  • Susan S. Devesa, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD
    • ,
  • Lois B. Travis, MD, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
    • ,
  • Louis S. Constine, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Louis S. Constine, MD, Department of Radiation Oncology, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 647, Rochester, NY 14642

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doi: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2009.08.001

Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 3-11 , January 2010

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