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Bell’s Palsy in a Treated Case of Breast Cancer—a Rare Presentation of Recurrence

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    Sumit Kumar, Shalini Verma & Ritesh Kumar

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Institute, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Badsa, India

    Prashanth Giridhar

  3. Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Ravi Hari Phulware & Adarsh Barwad

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Kumar, S., Verma, S., Giridhar, P. et al. Bell’s Palsy in a Treated Case of Breast Cancer—a Rare Presentation of Recurrence. Indian J Surg Oncol 11 (Suppl 1), 40–43 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-020-01034-5

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