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Fuller, B.G. (2004). The Role of Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Bone and Soft-tissue Sarcomas. In: Musculoskeletal Cancer Surgery. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48407-2_5

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