Occult Breast Cancer Presenting Axillary Nodal Metastasis: A Case Report
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1465-3621
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyd047