Lumpectomy or mastectomy? Is breast conserving surgery too expensive?
- 1 August 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
- Vol. 45 (1) , 7-14
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005804101106
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