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Increased abdominal girth in a 29-year-old breast cancer patient with extensive liver metastasis and presumed chemotherapy induced amenorrhea. A case report and review of the literature

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    Thomas Eugene Lowe, Joshua D. Ellenhorn, Carol Wong & George Somlo

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Lowe, T.E., Ellenhorn, J.D., Wong, C. et al. Increased abdominal girth in a 29-year-old breast cancer patient with extensive liver metastasis and presumed chemotherapy induced amenorrhea. A case report and review of the literature. Breast Cancer Res Treat 106, 305–306 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-007-9501-3

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