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Research Article

Diagnostic difficulties and delays with chest wall chondrosarcoma: A Swedish population based Scandinavian Sarcoma Group study of 106 patients

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Pages 435-440 | Received 02 Feb 2010, Accepted 14 Apr 2010, Published online: 15 Jun 2010

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