Why do we believe that breast cancer in the elderly is the same as breast cancer in young women?

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Kevin S Hughes. Drugs Aging. 2008.

. 2008;25(1):47-8.

doi: 10.2165/00002512-200825010-00005.

¹ Avon Comprehensive Breast Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. kshughes@partners.org

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