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World J Clin Oncol. Mar 10, 2012; 3(3): 43-47
Published online Mar 10, 2012. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v3.i3.43
Correlation between the proportion of breast volume involved by locally advanced tumors and invasion of the skin and posterior structures
Parastoo B Dahi, Komal P Dhiran, Constantine A Axiotis, Jeremy Weedon, Mahmoud El-Tamer, Gurinder Sidhu, Albert S Braverman
Parastoo B Dahi, Gurinder Sidhu, Albert S Braverman, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Downstate Medical College of the State university of NY, Brooklyn, NY 11203, United States
Komal P Dhiran, Constantine A Axiotis, Division of Surgical Pathology, Kings County Hospital Center, Department of Pathology, Downstate Medical College of the State University of NY, Brooklyn, NY 11203, United States
Jeremy Weedon, Scientific Computing Center, Downstate Medical College of the State university of NY, Brooklyn, NY 11203, United States
Mahmoud El-Tamer, Breast Surgery Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, United States
Author contributions: Dahi PB, El-Tamer M and Braverman AS designed the project and wrote the manuscript; Dahi PB, El-Tamer M, Sidhu G and Braverman AS conducted the research; Dhiran KP and Axiotis CA provided pathological expertise; Dahi PB, Dhiran KP, Axiotis CA, Weedon J, El-Tamer M, Sidhu G and Braverman AS approved the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Albert S Braverman, MD, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Downstate Medical College of the State University of NY, Box 55, DMC SUNY, 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203, United States. abraverman@downstate.edu
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Received: October 9, 2011
Revised: December 25, 2011
Accepted: March 5, 2012
Published online: March 10, 2012
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