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Promising but preliminary

Metaplastic breast cancer: A single-centre retrospective experience.

Research clarifies rare metaplastic breast cancer biology, potentially improving future treatment strategies.

This PubMed record reports metaplastic Breast Cancer (MpBC) is a rare disease entity accounting for less than 1% of all breast cancers. The study was classified as randomized controlled trial and is relevant to treatment innovation.

What the study was

Study design
Randomized controlled trial
Category
Treatment Innovation
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
The surgeon : journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland

Why it surfaced

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