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Risk-reducing mastectomy.

Journal of long-term effects of medical implants - 1 Jan 2006

Edlich Richard F, Winters Kathryne L, Faulkner Brent C, Lin Kant Y

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Breast cancer is a malignant proliferation of epithelial cells lining the ducts or lobules of the breast. Excluding skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Only lung cancer accounts for more cancer deaths in women. Breast cancer may exist for a long period either as an invasive or noninvasive disease, but not as a nonmetastatic disease. Consequently, timely diagnosis and appropriate...

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PMID: 17073572
DOI: 10.1615/jlongtermeffmedimplants.v16.i4.40

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