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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Progression of a caval vein thrombus in two patients with primary renal cell carcinoma on pretreatment with sunitinib

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Pages 520-523 | Received 07 Oct 2009, Accepted 27 Nov 2009, Published online: 28 Jan 2010

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