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Effective treatment of intractable cutaneous metastases of breast cancer with electrochemotherapy: a useful contributor to cutaneous disease control

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  1. Cork Cancer Research Centre, Mercy University Hospital and Leslie C. Quick Jnr. Laboratory, University College Cork, Western Gateway Building, Cork, Ireland

    M. Bourke, D. Soden & A. J. P. Clover

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Cork University Hospital and South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

    A. J. P. Clover

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This rebuttal letter refers to the letter to the editor article available at doi:10.1007/s10549-017-4186-8.

An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10549-017-4307-4.

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Bourke, M., Soden, D. & Clover, A.J.P. Effective treatment of intractable cutaneous metastases of breast cancer with electrochemotherapy: a useful contributor to cutaneous disease control. Breast Cancer Res Treat 163, 403–405 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-017-4187-7

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