Survival after bilateral breast cancer: results from a population-based study
✍ Scribed by Helena M. Verkooijen; Vanessa Chatelain; Gérald Fioretta; Georges Vlastos; Elisabetta Rapiti; André-Pascal Sappino; Christine Bouchardy; Pierre O. Chappuis
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 169 KB
- Volume
- 105
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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