Surgical Oncology
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 261-266 , December 2008

Nipple-sparing mastectomy: Where are we now?

,Accepted 7 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2008.03.004

Surgical Oncology
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 261-266 , December 2008

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