Multidisciplinary care for women with early breast cancer in the Australian context

• 1 Treatment Program
• 2 National Breast Cancer Centre, Locked Bag 16, Camperdown, NSW 1450
• 3 Department of Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW
• 4 Institute for Health Research, Sydney, NSW.

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