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Does the survival between elderly and very elderly patients with different malignant primary bone tumours have no difference?

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China

    Xiao-yang Li, Shuo Jie & Tao Xiao

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Li, Xy., Jie, S. & Xiao, T. Does the survival between elderly and very elderly patients with different malignant primary bone tumours have no difference?. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 39, 205–206 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-014-2590-9

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