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During the past two decades, numerous investigations have shown that the growth rate of human breast cancer is throughout its clinical course either constant or progressively decreasing [1,2]. Moreover, when the growth rates of the primary tumor and of its distant metastases were measured, it was found that they were related but the latter were more rapid [3,4].
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Tubiana, M., Koscielny, S. (1987). The Natural History of Human Breast Cancer: Implications for Patient Management. In: Paterson, A.H.G., Lees, A.W. (eds) Fundamental Problems in Breast Cancer. Developments in Oncology, vol 51. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2049-4_38
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