Surveillance mammography and the risk of death among elderly breast cancer patients
β Scribed by Mario Schootman; Donna B. Jeffe; Min Lian; Rebecca Aft; William E. Gillanders
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 167 KB
- Volume
- 111
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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