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Theme: Breast Cancer - Review

Targeting RANKL in breast cancer: bone metastasis and beyond

Hamdy Azim Department of Clinical Oncology, Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; Department of Clinical Oncology, Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
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Hatem A Azim Jr Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory (BCTL) J.C. Heuson, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. [email protected]; Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory (BCTL) J.C. Heuson, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. [email protected]
Pages 195-201 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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