Low Lifetime Risk of Contralateral Breast Cancer in a Middle-Income Asian Country: Evidence to Guide Post-treatment Surveillance
Background: The rate of contralateral risk-reducing mastectomy (CRRM) is increasing in the West with controversial evidence of improved survival in early breast cancer patients. Although uptake of CRRM in Asia appears low, the trends may rise, and there is currently an urgent need to provide evidenc...
Main Authors: | See, Mee Hoong, Bhoo-Pathy, Nirmala, Jamaris, Suniza, Kiran, A., Evans, Dafydd Gareth, Yip, Cheng Har, Mohd Taib, Nur Aishah |
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Format: | Article |
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Springer Verlag (Germany)
2018
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