Breast cancer metastasis and the lymphatic system (Review)
- Authors:
- Munazzah Rahman
- Sulma Mohammed
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Affiliations: Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA - Published online on: July 13, 2015 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.3486
- Pages: 1233-1239
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