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Review Article| Volume 37, ISSUE 1, P17-31, February 2023

Testing for Inherited Susceptibility to Breast Cancer

  • Mark Robson
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    Breast Medicine Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Hospital for Treatment of Cancer and Allied Disease, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, 300 East 66th Street, Room 813, New York, NY 10065, USA
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