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Despite the alarming worldwide increase in the incidence of breast cancer in the last 30 years, especially in highly developed countries, we have witnessed a parallel decrease in mortality and a longer disease-free survival of breast-cancer patients, both of which can be ascribed to increasingly early diagnosis and the use of drugs that are highly effective in large subgroups of patients.

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  1. Institute of Anatomic Pathology and Cytopathology, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Giorgio Gherardi MD (Head, Professor)

  2. Postgraduate School of Anatomic Pathology, University of Milan, Italy

    Giorgio Gherardi MD (Head, Professor)

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Gherardi, G. (2009). Breast. In: Fine-Needle Biopsy of Superficial and Deep Masses. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1433-6_2

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