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Comment
. 2021 Jun;6(3):100108.
doi: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100108. Epub 2021 Apr 13.

COVID-related upsurge in diagnoses of advanced breast cancer-is a disruption in mammography screening the one to be blamed?

B Tomasik  1 , M Braun  2
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COVID-related upsurge in diagnoses of advanced breast cancer-is a disruption in mammography screening the one to be blamed?

B Tomasik et al. ESMO Open. 2021 Jun.
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