Inflammatory breast cancer clusters: A hypothesis

World Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 539-545

  Levine, Paul H ^a   Hashmi, Salman ^a   Minaei, Ashley A ^b   Veneroso, Carmela ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental; Infectious agents; Inflammatory breast cancer; Toxins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924369291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22184333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5306/wjco.v5.i3.539     Document Type: Review

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