The physician is becoming increasingly aware of the seriousness of cancer of the breast as a widespread and frequent cause of death from malignant disease in women. He is aware that early diagnosis is the only possible method of aiding in cure at this time; that only biopsy can determine the very ea
Diagnosis of palpable breast cancer by FNA: A changing role?
โ Scribed by Lydia Pleotis Howell
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 212 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8755-1039
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