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Prophylactic mastectomy: An unnecessary procedure

  • Editorials: Approaches To The Opposite Breast After Mastectomy
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  1. University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey

    Bernard Gardner MD (Professor of Surgery)

  2. The Society of Surgical Oncology, USA

    Bernard Gardner MD (Professor of Surgery)

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Gardner, B. Prophylactic mastectomy: An unnecessary procedure. Annals of Surgical Oncology 1, 453–454 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02303606

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