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Research Article

Long-term follow-up of late morbidity, cosmetic outcome and body image after breast conserving therapy. A study from the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group (DBCG)

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Pages 259-269 | Received 28 Aug 2012, Accepted 23 Oct 2012, Published online: 07 Dec 2012

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