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. 2002 Aug 24;325(7361):418.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7361.418.

Are breast cancer screening programmes increasing rates of mastectomy? Observational study

Eugenio Paci  1 , Stephen W Duffy, Daniela Giorgi, Marco Zappa, Emanuele Crocetti, Vania Vezzosi, Simonetta Bianchi, Luigi Cataliotti, Marco Rosselli del Turco
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Are breast cancer screening programmes increasing rates of mastectomy? Observational study

Eugenio Paci et al. BMJ. .
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