Vol 74, No 5 (2024)
Letter to the Editor
Published online: 2024-09-26
The existence of “bosom malignancy” — a “tortured phrase” in breast cancer literature
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DOI: 10.5603/njo.101687
Nowotwory. Journal of Oncology 2024;74(5):334-336.
Abstract
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