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Editorial
. 1998 Nov 21;317(7170):1402-3.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7170.1402.

Prophylactic mastectomy: deliverance or delusion? We don't know, so we need to start registering all cases now

I S Fentiman
Editorial

Prophylactic mastectomy: deliverance or delusion? We don't know, so we need to start registering all cases now

I S Fentiman. BMJ. .
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