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A general practitioner meets on average only two cases of primary bone tumour in his career. It is, therefore, not surprising that frequently a bone tumour has become advanced before it is diagnosed, having been treated meanwhile as ‘growing pains’, osteo-arthritis or other more familiar conditions.
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Penrose, D. (1993). Bone tumours. In: Occupational Therapy for Orthopaedic Conditions. Therapy in Practice Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3085-9_10
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