European Journal of Cancer
Volume 41, Issue 4 , Pages 508-515, March 2005

Does surgery unfavourably perturb the “natural history” of early breast cancer by accelerating the appearance of distant metastases?

  • Michael Baum

      Affiliations

    • Emeritus Surgery U.C.L., Consulting Rooms, Portland Hospital, 212–214 Great Portland Street, London WIW 5QN, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 2073908447; fax: +44 73908448
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  • Romano Demicheli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Oncology, Milan National Cancer Institute, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy
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  • William Hrushesky

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine and Arnold School of Public Health, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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  • Michael Retsky

      Affiliations

    • Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Department of Vascular Biology, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Received 9 September 2004; accepted 21 September 2004.

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PII: S0959-8049(04)00980-3

doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2004.09.031

European Journal of Cancer
Volume 41, Issue 4 , Pages 508-515, March 2005

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