Assessment of Breast Cancer Tumor Size Depends on Method, Histopathology and Tumor Size Itself*
✍ Scribed by K. Heusinger; C. Löhberg; M. P. Lux; T. Papadopoulos; K. Imhoff; R. Schulz-Wendtland; M. W. Beckmann; P. A. Fasching
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 247 KB
- Volume
- 94
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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