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No competing interests declared.
Received July 21, 1999; Revised November 19, 1999; Accepted
January 4, 2000.
From the Departments of Department of Surgery (Gajdos, Brower),
The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USADepartment of
Pathology (Bleiweiss), The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York,
NY, USAand Department of Biomathematical Sciences (Bodian), The
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA and the Department
of Surgery (Tartter), St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York,
NY, USA.
Correspondence address: Paul I Tartter, MD, The Comprehensive
Breast Center, 425 West 59th St, 7A, New York, NY 10019.
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