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A Dickler is Clinical Training Faculty for Cytyc, Inc. (trains other physicians to use the device). AJ Khan declared no competing interests.
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Dickler, A., Khan, A. Accelerated partial breast irradiation using the MammoSite® device. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 4, 324–325 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc0838
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