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Challenge for identifying the origin of occult breast cancer for optimizing local therapy

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The Original Article was published on 27 August 2018

The Original Article was published on 27 August 2018

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Terada, M. Challenge for identifying the origin of occult breast cancer for optimizing local therapy. Breast Cancer Res Treat 172, 743–744 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-018-4931-7

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