Between 1977 and 1984, 50 patients with Hodgkin's disease underwent a staging laparotomy performed by nine surgeons in a community hospital. Adequate procedures were performed in 80% of cases compared to staging laparotomies done between 1969 and 1976 when only 40% were properly performed. Abdominal
Hodgkin's disease. Radiotherapeutic management at a cancer oriented community hospital
β Scribed by Bruce I. Saxe; Perry R. Mandel
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 816 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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