The Left Sided Predominance of Breast Cancer is Decreasing
Oluwatosin Onibokun MD
Department of Surgery, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Search for more papers by this authorBrigid K. Killelea MD, MPH
Department of Surgery, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Search for more papers by this authorAnees B. Chagpar MD, MSc, MA, PH
Department of Surgery, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Search for more papers by this authorNina R Horowitz MD
Department of Surgery, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Donald R. Lannin MD
Department of Surgery, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Address reprint requests and correspondence to Dr. Donald R. Lannin, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, PO Box 208062, New Haven, CT 06520, USA, or e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorOluwatosin Onibokun MD
Department of Surgery, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Search for more papers by this authorBrigid K. Killelea MD, MPH
Department of Surgery, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Search for more papers by this authorAnees B. Chagpar MD, MSc, MA, PH
Department of Surgery, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Search for more papers by this authorNina R Horowitz MD
Department of Surgery, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Donald R. Lannin MD
Department of Surgery, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Address reprint requests and correspondence to Dr. Donald R. Lannin, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, PO Box 208062, New Haven, CT 06520, USA, or e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author
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