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ASO Author Reflections: Core Needle Biopsy and Hormonal Receptor Retesting in Breast Cancer: Controversy and Management

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ASO Author Reflections offer a brief invited commentary on the article, "Clinicopathological Features and Disease Outcome in Breast Cancer Patients With Hormonal Receptor Discordance Between Core Needle Biopsy and Following Surgical Sample." Ann Surg Oncol. 2019;26:2779–86.

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Zhu, S., Chen, X. & Shen, K. ASO Author Reflections: Core Needle Biopsy and Hormonal Receptor Retesting in Breast Cancer: Controversy and Management. Ann Surg Oncol 27 (Suppl 3), 731–732 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07961-0

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