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Trends in improving survival in breast cancer: two steps forward but one step back?

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Chia, S. Trends in improving survival in breast cancer: two steps forward but one step back?. Breast Cancer Res Treat 128, 807–809 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-011-1490-6

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