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Primary Surgery in Metastatic Breast Cancer

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Oncologic Breast Surgery

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The widespread uptake of breast cancer screening, together with heightened population awareness, mean that most breast cancers in the Western world are detected at an early stage. Recent tumor registry studies from the United States and Europe have shown that metastatic breast cancer (MBC) accounts for 4–5% of all cases [1, 2]. However, in developing nations, the proportion of patients with MBC at diagnosis is greater, ranging from 10% in Malaysia [3] to 24% in Nepal [4] and 44% in Nigerian men [5].

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Murphy, J.O., Sacchini, V.S. (2014). Primary Surgery in Metastatic Breast Cancer. In: Mariotti, C. (eds) Oncologic Breast Surgery. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5438-7_15

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