European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 489-495 , May 2010

The surgical management of soft tissue tumours arising in the abdominal wall

,Accepted 18 March 2010.

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☆ Presented as a poster at the British Association of Surgical Oncology conference, London 2009. Abstract: Pencavel T, Strauss D, Thomas J, Hayes A. Abdominal Wall soft-tissue tumours: a large single-centre experience. EJSO 2009 (Nov);35(11):1212.

PII: S0748-7983(10)00063-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.03.007

European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 489-495 , May 2010

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