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Sustained lower rates of breast cancer in the United States

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    Kathleen A. Cronin & Brenda K. Edwards

  2. Department of Biostatistics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Peter M. Ravdin

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Cronin, K.A., Ravdin, P.M. & Edwards, B.K. Sustained lower rates of breast cancer in the United States. Breast Cancer Res Treat 117, 223–224 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-008-0226-8

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