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Surgical Oncology pp 246–253Cite as

Wound Healing and Cancer

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The ability to repair tissue injuries is essential for survival and is a prerequisite for all surgical intervention. Wound healing is influenced by many factors, quite a few of which are instrumental in cancer patients or are related to different types of oncological therapy.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Via Venezian, 1, 20133, Milano, Italy

    Umberto Veronesi (Direttore Generale) (Direttore Generale)

  2. Department of Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, 5021, Bergen, Norway

    Bo Arnesjø

  3. Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF, UK

    Ian Burn

  4. Department of Urology, A.Z. Middelheim, Vrue Universiteit Brussel, Lindendreef 1, 2020, Antwerpen, Belgium

    Louis Denis

  5. Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, II facolta’, Università di Napoli, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Napoli, Italy

    Francesco Mazzeo

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Zederfeldt, B., Blomquist, P., Jiborn, H., Udén, P. (1989). Wound Healing and Cancer. In: Veronesi, U., Arnesjø, B., Burn, I., Denis, L., Mazzeo, F. (eds) Surgical Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72646-0_22

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