Surgical resection of the primary tumour is associated with improved survival in patients with distant metastatic breast cancer at diagnosis
- 30 November 2009
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in European Journal of Surgical Oncology
- Vol. 35 (11), 1146-1151
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2009.03.012
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