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ASO Author Reflections offer a brief invited commentary on the article, Radiological Staging for Distant Metastases in Breast Cancer Patients With Confirmed Local and/or Locoregional Recurrence: How Useful Are Current Guideline Recommendations? Ann Surg Oncol. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07629-9.
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Güth, U. ASO Author Reflections: Routine Radiologic Staging of Distant Metastases Must Be Recommended as a Binding Guideline After Diagnosis of Local Breast Cancer Recurrence. Ann Surg Oncol 26, 3462–3463 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07610-6
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