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Original Research

Trastuzumab biosimilar HLX02 versus reference trastuzumab in patients with recurrent or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer: a model-based economic evaluation for China

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Pages 1117-1126 | Received 10 Jan 2022, Accepted 26 Jul 2022, Published online: 03 Aug 2022

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