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. 2023 Mar 1;109(3):651-652.
doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000000253.

Breast cancer in Africa: an extensive surgical burden of paramount importance - letter to the editor

Andrew A Wireko  1 , Jack Wellington  1 , Favour T Adebusoye  1 , Pearl O Tenkorang  2 , Amal O Ahmad  1 , Toufik Abdul-Rahman  1
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Breast cancer in Africa: an extensive surgical burden of paramount importance - letter to the editor

Andrew A Wireko et al. Int J Surg. .
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