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Metastatic Primary Leiomyosarcoma of the Pancreas to the Liver: Report of a Surgically Treated Case

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  1. National Center for Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, PO BOX KB 369, Accra, Ghana

    Verna Vanderpuye, Joel Yarney & Naa Adorkor Aryeetey

  2. Department of Surgery, Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

    Joe-Nat Clegg-Lamptey

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Vanderpuye, V., Clegg-Lamptey, JN., Yarney, J. et al. Metastatic Primary Leiomyosarcoma of the Pancreas to the Liver: Report of a Surgically Treated Case. J Gastrointest Canc 43 (Suppl 1), 70–72 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-011-9299-4

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