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Phenotypic similarities in bilateral breast cancer.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jun 2004
Kollias J, Pinder S E, Denley H E, Ellis I O, Wencyk P, Bell J A, Elston C W, Blamey R W
Abstract excerpt
Bilateral breast cancers that develop at similar times in an individual are likely to have been subjected to similar hormonal, environmental and genetic influences during tumourogenesis compared with metachronous tumours. As such, it is possible that tumour phenotype in synchronous bilateral breast cancer may display similar biological characteristics. The aim of this study was to identify phenotypic similarities...
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