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Editorial
. 2024 Feb:73:103673.
doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2024.103673. Epub 2024 Jan 16.

De-escalation of loco-regional treatments: Time to find a balance

Oreste D Gentilini  1 , Maria-Joao Cardoso  2 , Elżbieta Senkus  3 , Philip Poortmans  4
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Editorial

De-escalation of loco-regional treatments: Time to find a balance

Oreste D Gentilini et al. Breast. 2024 Feb.
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