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The epidemiological and clinicopathological features of breast cancer in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ahmad AA. Omer, Salman A. Bin Dayel, Ali SA. Hummedi and Noura IA. Almuhaimed
Saudi Medical Journal March 2024, 45 (3) 288-294; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.3.20230656

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