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Review

The emergence of targeted therapy for HER2-low triple-negative breast cancer: a review of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan

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Pages 1061-1069 | Received 12 Jul 2023, Accepted 07 Sep 2023, Published online: 24 Sep 2023

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