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Published on January 1, 2010 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2010.01.4354

Review of the literature on treatment of locally advanced breast cancer

Revisión de la literatura sobre tratamiento del cáncer de mama localmente avanzado

Garbiñe Ballesteros, Mónica Campos, Bettina Müller, Ana María Ciudad, Luis Alberto Orlandi, Ana María Donoso, María Eugenia Bravo, Mauricio Camus, César del Castillo, Hernán Pulgar, Carolina Barriga

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Garbiñe Ballesteros

Sociedad Chilena de Mastología

Mónica Campos

Sociedad Chilena de Mastología

Bettina Müller

Sociedad Chilena de Mastología

Ana María Ciudad

Sociedad Chilena de Mastología

Luis Alberto Orlandi

Sociedad Chilena de Mastología

Ana María Donoso

Sociedad Chilena de Mastología

María Eugenia Bravo

Sociedad Chilena de Mastología

Mauricio Camus

Sociedad Chilena de Mastología

César del Castillo

Sociedad Chilena de Mastología

Hernán Pulgar

Sociedad Chilena de Mastología

Carolina Barriga

Sociedad Chilena de Mastología

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Citation Ballesteros G, Campos M, Müller B, Ciudad AM, Orlandi LA, Donoso AMet al. Review of the literature on treatment of locally advanced breast cancer. Medwave 2010;10(1):e4354 doi: 10.5867/medwave.2010.01.4354

Submission date 12/08/2009

Acceptance date 26/08/2009

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tratamiento, localmente avanzado, cáncer de mama

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