Quest for the cure reflections on the evolution of breast cancer treatment /

This original fourteen chapter book is a brief, slightly autobiographic tale of medical oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, and breast cancer patients in a well-established cancer center in Texas, who pursued the goal of cure for breast cancer. The evolution of improved outcomes in the tre...

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Main Author: Blumenschein, George R
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Elsevier Science, 2013
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