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Breast Cancer

Effects of estradiol and progestogens on tumor-necrosis factor-alpha-induced changes of biochemical markers for breast cancer growth and metastasis

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Pages 576-579 | Received 06 May 2008, Accepted 29 May 2008, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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