Four UPMC/Pitt scientists receive funding from Breast Cancer Research Foundation

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Steffi Oesterreich and Adrian V. Lee, breast cancer researchers at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and Magee-Womens Research Institute, along with Wendie Berg, professor of radiology at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital—all from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine—received funding from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. 

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