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. 2023 Jul;69(7):473-476.
doi: 10.46747/cfp.6907473.

Demystifying breast cancer

Anna N Wilkinson  1
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Demystifying breast cancer

Anna N Wilkinson. Can Fam Physician. 2023 Jul.
No abstract available

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Overview of breast cancer therapies: Range of multimodal breast cancer therapies are displayed. Patients start at the top of the cascade and depending on molecular subtype, stage, and preferences, may receive some or all of these treatments, typically in the order they are shown. The approximate duration of each treatment is shown in the arrows.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Endocrine therapies’ mechanisms of action on breast cancer tumour cell
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