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Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy for Early Breast Cancer: Less is More?

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  1. Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

    Francisco Pimentel Cavalcante MD

  2. Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Felipe Pereira Zerwes MD, PhD

  3. Leblon Medical Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Eduardo Camargo Millen MD, PhD

  4. Oncoclinicas Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil

    Guilherme Novita Garcia MD

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Cavalcante, F.P., Zerwes, F.P., Millen, E.C. et al. Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy for Early Breast Cancer: Less is More?. Ann Surg Oncol 30, 7155–7156 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-023-14210-y

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