A prospective study of conservative surgery alone in the treatment of selected patients with stage I breast cancer
โ Scribed by Stuart J. Schnitt; James Hayman; Rebecca Gelman; Timothy J. Eberlein; Susan M. Love; Kathleen Mayzel; Robert T. Osteen; Asa J. Nixon; Susan Pierce; James L. Connolly; Patti Cohen; Lindsey Schneider; Barbara Silver; Abram Recht; Jay R. Harris
- Book ID
- 119982770
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 643 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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