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Published in: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology 8/2017

01-08-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Commentary on: Men and women show similar survival rates after breast cancer

Authors: Yin Pan, Ze-Zhou Song

Published in: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology | Issue 8/2017

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To the editors: With great interests, we read the article by Prof. Bender et al. (2017), which concluded that there was no significant difference in prognosis between male and female breast cancer cases. …
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Metadata
Title
Commentary on: Men and women show similar survival rates after breast cancer
Authors
Yin Pan
Ze-Zhou Song
Publication date
01-08-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology / Issue 8/2017
Print ISSN: 0171-5216
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1335
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-017-2443-1

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