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Does primary tumor location have prognostic significance in operable breast cancer?

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Badwe, R., Thorat, M. Does primary tumor location have prognostic significance in operable breast cancer?. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2, 396–397 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc0249

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