Correspondence: work smart or work hard in patients with metastatic breast cancer: emphasizing the importance of immunological and lactate changes.
Amirhossein Ahmadi Hekmatikar
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Amirhossein Ahmadi Hekmatikar: Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, 10600, Iran. a.hekmatikar4@gmail.com.
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