Unilateral multicentric breast cancer
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Unilateral multicentric breast cancer.
Clinical characteristics of unilateral multicentric breast cancer (UMBC) were explored depending on aggressiveness, survival rate, disease-free period and local recurrence. The study included 296 women with breast cancer, surgically treated between 1990 and 2001. UMBC was histologically proved in 29 (9.8%) patients. Multicentricity was defined by following criteria: a) tumor with minimum one sa...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Breast
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0960-9776
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9776(03)80086-3