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Re: Stage-specific survival has improved for young breast cancer patients since 2000: but not equally?

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    Per-Henrik Zahl

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Blindern, P.O. Box 1130, 0318, Oslo, Norway

    Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen

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Zahl, PH., Kristiansen, I.S. Re: Stage-specific survival has improved for young breast cancer patients since 2000: but not equally?. Breast Cancer Res Treat 185, 527–528 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-020-05941-7

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