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ASO Author Reflections: Eighty is the New Sixty—Breast Cancer Treatment Strategies in the Octogenarian Patient Population

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  1. Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Ranjna Sharma MD

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ASO Author Reflections is a brief invited commentary on the article “Treatment Strategies in Octogenarians with Early-Stage, High-Risk Breast Cancer,” Ann Surg Oncol. 2018; 25:1495–501.

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Sharma, R. ASO Author Reflections: Eighty is the New Sixty—Breast Cancer Treatment Strategies in the Octogenarian Patient Population. Ann Surg Oncol 25 (Suppl 3), 697–698 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-7071-8

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