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All concerned with cancer of the breast are anxious for improvements in its treatment. In the absence of some dramatic and unforeseeable advance, the impact of which would be obvious, we must also be concerned with methods of demonstrating and measuring lesser steps that may be in the right direction.
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Thomlinson, R.H. (1987). Assessment of Treatment in the Clinic. In: Paterson, A.H.G., Lees, A.W. (eds) Fundamental Problems in Breast Cancer. Developments in Oncology, vol 51. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2049-4_39
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