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Mammographic density and the risk of breast cancer recurrence after breast-conserving surgery

  1. Tulin Cil MD1,
  2. Eve Fishell MD2,
  3. Wedad Hanna MD3,
  4. Ping Sun PhD4,
  5. Ellen Rawlinson4,
  6. Steven A. Narod MD4,†,*,
  7. David R. McCready MD1

Article first published online: 9 NOV 2009

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24638

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 115, Issue 24, pages 5780–5787, 15 December 2009

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Cil, T., Fishell, E., Hanna, W., Sun, P., Rawlinson, E., Narod, S. A. and McCready, D. R. (2009), Mammographic density and the risk of breast cancer recurrence after breast-conserving surgery. Cancer, 115: 5780–5787. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24638

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  1. 1

    Department of Surgery, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  2. 2

    Department of Radiology, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  3. 3

    Department of Pathology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  4. 4

    Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  1. †

    Fax: (416) 351-3767

*Women's College Research Institute, 790 Bay Street, Seventh Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1N8 Canada

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 2 DEC 2009
  2. Article first published online: 9 NOV 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 12 FEB 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 11 FEB 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 5 JAN 2009

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