Surgical de-escalation: Are we ready for 'observation' of benign high-risk breast lesions found on core needle biopsy?

Cleve Clin J Med

Director of Breast Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC; Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.

Published: July 2023

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