A total of 485 patients with a proven or suspected diagnosis of soft tissue sarcoma were referred over a 3-year period.
Future directions in the management of soft tissue sarcomas
โ Scribed by Anthony D. Elias
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 636 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0278-0232
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