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Breast Cancer as a Model to Improve Outcome of Cancer Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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  1. Clinical Oncology Department, Suez Canal University, Port Said, Egypt

    Ahmed Elzawawy

  2. Al soliman Clinical Oncology Centre, Port Said, Egypt

    Ahmed Elzawawy

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    Ahmed Elzawawy

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Elzawawy, A. Breast Cancer as a Model to Improve Outcome of Cancer Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. World J Surg 39, 693–694 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-014-2913-4

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