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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

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

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Huston, T.L., Simmons, R.M. (2006). Tailored Surgery for Early Breast Cancer: the Very Young Woman. 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_10

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