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Letter to the editor regarding “Association between gout and subsequent breast cancer: a retrospective cohort study including 67,598 primary care patients in Germany”

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We would like to thank the members and staff of the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology of The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University who contributed to this manuscript.

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    1. Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215004, China

      Gang Wang, Mei Tang & Zhichun Liu

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    Wang, G., Tang, M. & Liu, Z. Letter to the editor regarding “Association between gout and subsequent breast cancer: a retrospective cohort study including 67,598 primary care patients in Germany”. Breast Cancer Res Treat 201, 351–352 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-023-06975-3

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