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Do nipple aspirate fluid epithelial cells and their morphology predict breast cancer development?

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  1. Istituto di Istologia e Analisi di Laboratorio, Università “Carlo Bo”, via O. Ubaldini 7, Urbino, 61029, Italy

    Ferdinando Mannello & Gaetana A. M. Tonti

  2. Department of Surgery, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

    Wenyi Qin, Weizhu Zhu & Edward R. Sauter

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Mannello, F., Tonti, G.A.M., Qin, W. et al. Do nipple aspirate fluid epithelial cells and their morphology predict breast cancer development?. Breast Cancer Res Treat 102, 125–127 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-006-9313-x

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