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Ectopic breast tissue and cancer

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  1. Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Alessandro Sindoni

  2. Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood “G. Barresi”, University Hospital of Messina, Messina, Italy

    Maria Gioffré-Florio & Fausto Famá

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Sindoni, A., Gioffré-Florio, M. & Famá, F. Ectopic breast tissue and cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 174, 551–552 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-018-05093-9

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