Nipple sparing mastectomy in breast cancer patients and long-term survival outcomes: An analysis of the SEER database

Mingzhu Li; Kai Chen; Fengtao Liu; Fengxi Su; Shunrong Li; Liling Zhu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0183448

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Nipple sparing mastectomy in breast cancer patients and long-term survival outcomes: An analysis of the SEER database

Mingzhu Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mingzhu Li, Kai Chen, Fengtao Liu, Liling Zhu

Affiliation Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, China
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Kai Chen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mingzhu Li, Kai Chen, Fengtao Liu, Liling Zhu

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Fengtao Liu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mingzhu Li, Kai Chen, Fengtao Liu, Liling Zhu

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Fengxi Su,

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Shunrong Li ,

* E-mail: liling.zhu@yale.edu (LZ); lishr@mail.sysu.edu.cn (SL)

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Liling Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Mingzhu Li, Kai Chen, Fengtao Liu, Liling Zhu

* E-mail: liling.zhu@yale.edu (LZ); lishr@mail.sysu.edu.cn (SL)

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Nipple sparing mastectomy in breast cancer patients and long-term survival outcomes: An analysis of the SEER database

Mingzhu Li,
Kai Chen,
Fengtao Liu,
Fengxi Su,
Shunrong Li,
Liling Zhu

Published: August 25, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183448

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