Advanced breast cancer and its prevention by screening.

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Published in Br J Cancer on June 01, 1992

Authors

H J de Koning1, B M van Ineveld, J C de Haes, G J van Oortmarssen, J G Klijn, P J van der Maas

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health and Social Medicine, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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