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Katsios, C., Baltogiannis, G. & Roukos, D.H. New technology-based innovation changes surgical practice and research direction in solid cancers. Surg Endosc 24, 2916–2917 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-010-1020-3
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