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ASO Author Reflections: Biological Diversity of Histologic Subtypes

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The preparation of this commentary was funded in part by NIH/NCI Cancer Center Support Grant No. P30 CA008748 to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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Dr. Monica Morrow has received honoraria from Genomic Health and Roche.

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ASO Author Reflections is a brief invited commentary on the article, Breast Cancers of Special Histologic Subtypes Are Biologically Diverse. Ann Surg Oncol. 2018;25:3158–64.

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Tadros, A.B., Morrow, M. ASO Author Reflections: Biological Diversity of Histologic Subtypes. Ann Surg Oncol 25 (Suppl 3), 636–637 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-6846-2

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