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Steroid hormone receptor expression in breast cancer stroma

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The Original Article was published on 11 October 2013

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MEB is a Leeds Undergraduate Research Enterprise scholar.

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  1. School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

    Mary E. Booth

  2. Leeds Institute of Cancer & Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

    Mary E. Booth, Andrew M. Hanby & Valerie Speirs

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This letter to the editor refers to the article at 10.1007/s10549-013-2716-6 and a rebuttal letter to this letter to the editor is available at 10.1007/s10549-014-2837-6

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Booth, M.E., Hanby, A.M. & Speirs, V. Steroid hormone receptor expression in breast cancer stroma. Breast Cancer Res Treat 143, 605–607 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-013-2815-4

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