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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer: a surgeon’s checklist

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This is an invited commentary to article doi: 10.1007/s10549-010-1164-9.

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Breslin, T.M. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer: a surgeon’s checklist. Breast Cancer Res Treat 127, 129–131 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-011-1376-7

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