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The Breast

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Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women in industrialized countries. In Germany, for instance, nearly 60,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. Early detection improves the chances of successful treatment.

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    Saskia Ungerer

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    Norbert Hosten

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Ungerer, S. (2014). The Breast. In: Puls, R., Hosten, N. (eds) Whole-body MRI Screening. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55201-4_11

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