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This rebuttal letter refers to the letter to the editor available at 10.1007/s10549-014-2948-0

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Nickson, C., Mason, K.E. & Kavanagh, A.M. Rebuttal to: Letter to the Editor by Robert Burton, in response to doi:10.1007/s10549-013-2794-5. Breast Cancer Res Treat 145, 565–566 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-014-2952-4

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