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  1. Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Valerie Speirs & Matthew P. Humphries

  2. Department of Cellular Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Abeer M. Shaaban

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  1. Unit of Pathology, Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy

    Anna Sapino

  2. Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Anna Sapino

  3. 2nd Department of Pathology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

    Janina Kulka

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Speirs, V., Humphries, M.P., Shaaban, A.M. (2020). Male Breast Cancer. In: Sapino, A., Kulka, J. (eds) Breast Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62539-3_4764

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