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Editorial
. 2013 Jun;9(6):763-6.
doi: 10.2217/fon.13.64.

To screen or not to screen older women for breast cancer: a conundrum

Dejana Braithwaite, Jeanne S Mandelblatt, Karla Kerlikowske
Editorial

To screen or not to screen older women for breast cancer: a conundrum

Dejana Braithwaite et al. Future Oncol. 2013 Jun.
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