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Breast cancer

Minimal impact of adjuvant exemestane or tamoxifen treatment on mammographic breast density in postmenopausal breast cancer patients: A Dutch TEAM trial analysis

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Pages 349-360 | Received 01 Jun 2014, Accepted 03 Sep 2014, Published online: 10 Nov 2014

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