What are our options in the fight against breast cancer?

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Burney, Ikram A ^a   Furrukh, Muhammad ^a   Al Moundhri, Mansour S ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

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EID: 84899679539     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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