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Research Article

Impact of improving outcome guidance in gynaecological cancer on squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva in the West Midlands, UK

J. K. W. YapPan-Birmingham Gynaecological Cancer Centre, City Hospital, Birmingham, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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L. J. BakerPan-Birmingham Gynaecological Cancer Centre, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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J. Z. BalegaPan-Birmingham Gynaecological Cancer Centre, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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K. K. ChanPan-Birmingham Gynaecological Cancer Centre, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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D. M. LuesleyPan-Birmingham Gynaecological Cancer Centre, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK
Pages 754-758 | Published online: 15 Nov 2011

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