Primary surgical treatment of locally advanced breast cancer in low resource settings
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Primary surgical treatment of locally advanced breast cancer in low resource settings
•Optimum management of locally advanced breast cancer is multidisciplinary.•Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is mainstay of management.•Primary surgical treatment may be acceptable in selected patients.
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Medicine and Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2049-0801
DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2016.10.003