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Role of surgery in the prophylaxis of hereditary cancer syndromes

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Ioannina Medical School, PO Box 105 Neochoropoulo, Ioannina, 455 00, Greece

    Dimitrios H. Roukos MD, Aggelos M. Kappas MD & Epameinondas Tsianos MD

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Roukos, D.H., Kappas, A.M. & Tsianos, E. Role of surgery in the prophylaxis of hereditary cancer syndromes. Annals of Surgical Oncology 9, 607–609 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02574474

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