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Original Articles: BiGART 2023 Issue

Treating brain metastases in metastatic breast cancer: outcomes after stereotactic radiosurgery examined in a retrospective, single-center cohort analysis

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Pages 1502-1510 | Received 19 May 2023, Accepted 14 Sep 2023, Published online: 26 Sep 2023

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