This article [1] has been retracted by the authors due to significant overlap with a previous publication [2]. Giuseppe Rengo and Gennaro Pagano were not involved in the study and were introduced into the author list by the corresponding author. All authors, including Giuseppe Rengo and Gennaro Pagano, have subsequently agree that they did not qualify for authorship. The remaining authors apologize for any inconvenience caused.
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Rocco, N., Rispoli, C., Rengo, G. et al. Retraction Note: breast cancer surgery in elderly patients: postoperative complications and survival. BMC Surg 15, 2 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-15-2
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