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The rising incidence of male breast cancer

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Thanks to the following for providing statistics: Northern and Yorkshire Cancer Registration and Information Service, Scottish Cancer Registry, North West Cancer Intelligence Service, Eastern Cancer Registration and Information Centre, Thames Cancer Registry, Trent Cancer Registry, West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit, Oxford Cancer Intelligence Unit Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit, Northern Ireland Cancer Registry. Our male breast cancer programme is supported by the Breast Cancer Campaign (UK).

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    Valerie Speirs

  2. St James’s Institute of Oncology, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, LS9 7TF, UK

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Speirs, V., Shaaban, A.M. The rising incidence of male breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 115, 429–430 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-008-0053-y

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