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The relative likelihood of experiencing a particular event; an HR of 0.5 indicates that one group has half the risk of the other group
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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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