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Aggressive local therapy for de novo metastatic breast cancer: Challenges and updates (Review)
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- Bailong Liu
- Hui Liu
- Min Liu
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Affiliations: Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, P.R. China - Published online on: July 14, 2023 https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2023.8600
- Article Number: 163
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Copyright: © Liu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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