Letter to the Editor: Determinant of Breast-Conserving Therapy in the Asian Population: A Systematic Review

Pratima Pimpalkar¹, Bhakti Sarang^{2

3}, K V Deepa⁴, Anita Gadgil¹, Nobhojit Roy^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, WHO Collaboration Center for Research in Surgical Care Delivery in LMIC, BARC Hospital, Mumbai, India.
² Department of Surgery, Terna Medical College and Hospital, Mumbai, India.
³ WHO Collaboration Center for Research in Surgical Care Delivery in LMIC, Mumbai, India.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Manipal Hospital, Dwarka, New Delhi, India.
⁵ WHO Collaboration Center for Research in Surgical Care Delivery in LMIC, Mumbai, India. nobsroy@gmail.com.
⁶ Public Health Systems, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. nobsroy@gmail.com.

Comment

Pratima Pimpalkar et al. World J Surg. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;45(3):907-908.

doi: 10.1007/s00268-020-05890-8. Epub 2020 Nov 30.

Pratima Pimpalkar¹, Bhakti Sarang^{2

3}, K V Deepa⁴, Anita Gadgil¹, Nobhojit Roy^{5

6}

¹ Department of Surgery, WHO Collaboration Center for Research in Surgical Care Delivery in LMIC, BARC Hospital, Mumbai, India.
² Department of Surgery, Terna Medical College and Hospital, Mumbai, India.
³ WHO Collaboration Center for Research in Surgical Care Delivery in LMIC, Mumbai, India.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Manipal Hospital, Dwarka, New Delhi, India.
⁵ WHO Collaboration Center for Research in Surgical Care Delivery in LMIC, Mumbai, India. nobsroy@gmail.com.
⁶ Public Health Systems, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. nobsroy@gmail.com.

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Determinants of Breast-Conserving Therapy in the Asian Population: A Systematic Review.
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