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Primary and secondary care management of women with early breast cancer from affluent and deprived areas. Effects of chemotherapy and hormonal therapy for early breast cancer on recurrence and 15year survival. For information on breast cancer in men, see breast cancer. I must confess, as a non religious person, i only skimmed the biblical quotes and references to gods.
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