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ASO Author Reflections: Menopausal Status Does Not Predict Successful Breast Conservation Surgery After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Invasive Lobular Carcinoma

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  1. General Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Kirithiga Ramalingam MD

  2. Department of Surgery, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Rita Mukhtar MD

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Ramalingam, K., Mukhtar, R. ASO Author Reflections: Menopausal Status Does Not Predict Successful Breast Conservation Surgery After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Invasive Lobular Carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 30, 7137–7138 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-023-14131-w

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