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Quality control in the locoregional treatment of breast cancer

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Index
  Introduction
  Diagnosis of the
primary lesions
  Diagnosis of
distant disease
  Surgery of
the breast
  Breast conserving
treatment
  Mastectomy
  Preoperative
chemotherapy
  Locally advanced
breast cancer
  Lymphatic
dissemination
  Ductal carcinoma 
in situ
  Follow-up
  Participants
  References

 

 

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