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What are the risk factors for brain metastasis in breast cancer patients?

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology volume 2, pages 124–125 (2005)Cite this article

boxed-textSlimane K et al. (2004) Risk factors for brain relapse in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Ann Oncol 15: 1640–1644

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