Breast Cancer Adjacent to Nodular Fasciitis: A Case Report
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C l i n M e d International Library Citation: Takahashi R, Ishii A, Matsubayashi RN, Nakagawa S, Akashi M, et al. (2015) Breast Cancer Adjacent to Nodular Fasciitis: A Case Report. Clin Med Rev Case Rep 2:057 Received: July 20, 2015: Accepted: September 10, 2015: Published: September 12, 2015 Copyright: © 2015 Takahashi R. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Breast Cancer Adjacent to Nodular Fasciitis: A Case Report
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