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Agreement between core needle biopsy and surgical excision product: the importance of the invasive breast carcinoma grading system

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  1. School of Medicine, Centro Universitário Unisalesiano Auxilium, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil

    Rodrigo Justi Nogueira, Thales Müller Silvério Alves, Mário Jefferson Quirino Louzada & José Cândido Caldeira Xavier-Júnior

  2. Private Clinic, Pathology Institute of Araçatuba, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil

    Deolino João Camilo-Júnior & José Cândido Caldeira Xavier-Júnior

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Rodrigo Justi Nogueira: data collection and paper writing; Thales Müller Silvério Alves: data collection and article writing; Mário Jefferson Quirino Louzada: statistical analyses; Deolino João Camilo Júnior: microscopic analysis; José Cândido Caldeira Xavier Júnior: study design, microscopic analysis, and paper review.

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Correspondence to José Cândido Caldeira Xavier-Júnior.

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Nogueira, R.J., Alves, T.M.S., Louzada, M.J.Q. et al. Agreement between core needle biopsy and surgical excision product: the importance of the invasive breast carcinoma grading system. Virchows Arch 480, 713–714 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-021-03246-8

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