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Breast cancer

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Breast cancer is a disease in which cells in the breast start to grow rapidly in an uncontrolled manner.

Primary Medical Reviewer Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH
- Family Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer Douglas A. Stewart, MD
- Medical Oncology
Last Updated August 31, 2007

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Last Updated: August 31, 2007
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