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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Beryl McCormick

  2. Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10023, USA

    David Abramson

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  1. Dept. of Medical Oncology, Jules Bordet Institute, Boulevard de Waterloo, 215, 1000, Brussels, Belgium

    Martine J. Piccart MD, PhD  & Fatima Cardoso MD  & 

  2. Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas MD, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030-4095, USA

    Mien-Chie Hung PhD

  3. Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104-4283, USA

    Lawrence J. Solin MD

  4. Dept. of Surgery, Emory University Hospital, 1364 Clifton Road NE B206, Atlanta, Georgia, 30322-1059, USA

    William C. Wood MD

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McCormick, B., Abramson, D. (2006). Breast Cancer Metastases to the Eye. In: Piccart, M.J., Hung, MC., Solin, L.J., Cardoso, F., Wood, W.C. (eds) Breast Cancer and Molecular Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-28266-2_28

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