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Brain metastases from breast cancer may respond to endocrine therapy

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  1. Ramón Colomer

    Present address: Medicine Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 10, Rm 12-N-226, 20892, Bethesda, MD, USA

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  1. Medical Oncology, Valle de Hebrón Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

    Ramón Colomer, José M. Del Campo & Diego Rubio

  2. Radiology, Valle de Hebrón Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

    Darío Casas

  3. Neurology, Valle de Hebrón Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

    Merçé Boada

  4. Radiation Therapy Units, Valle de Hebrón Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

    Luis Salvador

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Colomer, R., Casas, D., Del Campo, J.M. et al. Brain metastases from breast cancer may respond to endocrine therapy. Breast Cancer Res Tr 12, 83–86 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01805745

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