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Animal modeling of human breast tumors: Limitations in the use of estrogen pellet implants

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  1. Department of Radiotherapy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, 10029, New York, N.Y., USA

    R. D. Blumenthal, J. J. Jordan, W. H. McLaughlin & W. D. Bloomer

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Blumenthal, R.D., Jordan, J.J., McLaughlin, W.H. et al. Animal modeling of human breast tumors: Limitations in the use of estrogen pellet implants. Breast Cancer Res Tr 11, 77–78 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01807562

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