Legal Aspects of Bilateral Mastectomies for Patients With or Without Mutated Genes
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Legal, prophylactic mastectomy, bilateral mastectomy
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Salmon R. Legal Aspects of Bilateral Mastectomies for Patients With or Without Mutated Genes. Arch Breast Cancer [Internet]. 2018Jun.7 [cited 2021Apr.13];00:50-1. Available from: https://archbreastcancer.com/index.php/abc/article/view/199
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