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Dermatologic side effects from breast cancer treatments include chemotherapy-induced allergic reactions and drug-specific effects like hand-foot syndrome, and immunotherapy-related immune skin ...

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A. The use of zinc to treat the common cold has been controversial ever since a case report in the 1980s. A young child being ...

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