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Sun, G., Jin, P., Li, M. et al. Percutaneous cementoplasty for painful osteolytic humeral metastases: initial experience with an innovative technique. Skeletal Radiol 40, 1345–1348 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-011-1170-y
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